Thursday, January 29, 2009

Cape Royds

I just realized that I forgot to post photos from my day at Cape Royds earlier this season. One of the grantees, Mary Lynn Price, who was here on station needed some last-minute help lugging her gear around since she had injured her shoulder. Luckily, I was the help! We flew out to Cape Royds in a helicopter and were dropped off for the day. Mary Lynn specializes in web videos and was especially interested in women working in Antarctica. She wanted to interview the women conservators working in the hut that was built by Shackleton and his men in 1907. I got to wander around the hut for hours and had lunch at the edge of the Adelie penguin rookery. After Mary Lynn finished her filming, we went for a little hike to the top of a hill there, and then Paul the helo pilot picked us up for the flight home. Since he had a little extra fuel and time, he flew us over some crevasse fields so Mary Lynn could get some extra video footage. It was a wonderful day!

Mary Lynn Price, the grantee I worked with in the field posts her videos to this website: www.womeninantarctica.com. The video that I helped with was posted on November 16th on that webpage. I even got a mention as a production assistant!

Here is a link to the photos I took that day:
Cape Royds

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 4:51 PM