tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13637386548460045402024-03-14T18:15:42.924+10:00Antarctica - According to a Boilermaker Named HorseDavid Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-36032216701714512632015-05-10T15:04:00.001+10:002015-05-10T15:04:09.213+10:00Cold Porches - Antarctica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="en-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; language: en-AU; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-AU; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm an Aussie who when home, lives in a climate that is warm to very warm. Shall we say on a hot summers day at least 35 °C. Even the term "porch" is not one we use back home. That big open extension out the front, back or both on an Aussie house is usually called a "verandah or veranda". The verandah is used back home for getting out of the heat of the day and for having bar-b-ques on and is rarely used on a cold day. So, back to the original concept of this post. Our cold porch at Davis Station Antarctica, is an entry room from the fridged outside world where basically you either throw off, or on, all your cold weather gear. This room forms a barrier between the outside world and the nice warm inner world of the living or working quarters. Most of our buildings have an inner temperature of around 19 °C.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-1205301190420130232014-01-12T19:51:00.000+10:002014-01-12T21:42:56.741+10:00Quad Bikes in Antarctica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know why I've not mentioned these machines in previous blogs as they form a big part of the equipment list at the Davis and Casey Stations in Antarctica. Up front, I don't really care for them as they are uncomfortable, cold, and potentially lethal. But as I'm in the over 50's yo demographics,I tend to see comfort as a higher priority than the horsepower rating of a machine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The machines we use vary from the baby Honda 300 up to 400 cc quad to the Can-am 800cc quad trac monster. We also have variations of the quad in the form of Polaris buggies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We use the Quads for search and rescue as well as science based expeditions out on to the sea ice. They are all fitted with handle bar warmers as well as "barmits" for added protection for your hands against the wind. They also carry recovery gear for the quads,ice drilling equipment, survival equipment for surviving blizzards,GPS, and personal provisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you can use them in Antarctica, you need to have attended a two day course conducted by Honda in the use of the Quads.Once that little formality is out of the way you then have to complete a travel training and survival course once you are on station. The video (10mins),<i> <a href="https://vimeo.com/83956351" target="_blank">Quads in Antarctica</a></i>,by Antarctic Horse with the sound tracks by</span> <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/33318" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">snowflake</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY 3.0 </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was part of my re-familiarization you have to also complete every 4 years to ensure your up to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The quads for the most part handle all we dish out to them. But like all machines they have their limitations. With about 4 pounds of tire pressure they handle soft snow ok. But the really soft powdery snow they can "bog". On sea ice they are fine for the most part when you have the micro spikes imbedded in the tires. Blue ice up on the plateau can be dicey as the machine tends to skate around sideways.Because they are so light the spikes have no way of biting into the rock hard ice surface. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Quad-Trac bikes I never use as they are generally used by the aviation group for towing sleds on the ski-ways at Davis and Casey</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as well as the ice airstrips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Davis is the only Australian Station that has the "buggies" as they are also used primarily by the aviation group during helicopter operations which is limited to Davis. Davis Station also has a more extensive road network. Basically, they're a mobile toolbox. The new ones we have are Polaris 500cc and are RED.</span></div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-23828416642124190322013-12-22T18:22:00.000+10:002013-12-22T18:22:45.400+10:00Internet Banking In Antarctica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who would have thought about internet banking in Antarctica and the hassles one can have in transferring funds to someone else. On the Australian Stations there is nothing to spend cash on, everything is supplied. However, there is always T shirts and other garments that are usually on sale that will require payments to an account so that they can be purchased back in Australia and be ready for pickup by cargo for transport to Antarctica on the next ship or plane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So before you leave Australia, ensure that you talk to your bank about where you are going, and the need to transfer funds to an outside account without the need of SMS security codes going to mobile phones for verification.'Cause guess what, no mobile phone coverage in Antarctica. I know they tell expeditioners you do not need cash in Antarctica, which is true, but you do need to have the ability to transfer funds for those souvenir T Shirts.</span> </div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-49285955756014920872013-12-22T18:09:00.000+10:002013-12-22T18:09:06.921+10:00Staying Busy in Antarctica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the many challenges when working in Antarctica is not getting bored</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although we work 5.5 days a week, there are still 1.5 days of free time and after hours. Well one would think you'd be able to fill your time going on walks, photography, reading, watching movies and writing blogs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This of course is all true, but for a lot of the time the weather out side is not great for walks and photography, and movies and reading is good for some, but not others. The important thing is to get into a project that not only burns up time but lessens the chance of spending to much time thinking about home and finding yourself in the bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a tradesman who can work metal I have found that fashioning sculptures is a good way for me to pass time both on bad weather days and at night after work. Others on station knit, form</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bands, make models, make jewelery, clocks, sew, read,go to the gym and leather work to name but a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something about models is that they can be fragile and getting them home can be tricky. So before you buy that "Golden Hind"</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wooden model, think about how you are going to pack it up to get it home, or where it is going to be displayed on station. Also, stations do not supply much in the way</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of materials, so bring your own if it is specialized.</span></div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-78121541444321818192013-11-24T21:03:00.000+10:002013-11-24T21:24:37.215+10:00What Type of Camera Should I Take as an Expeditioner to Antarctica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2OSnNRl8SGE/UpHSJdGhf0I/AAAAAAAAAtE/hsFRDloHtcQ/s1600/camera+gear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2OSnNRl8SGE/UpHSJdGhf0I/AAAAAAAAAtE/hsFRDloHtcQ/s320/camera+gear.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A question I get asked frequently about Antarctica is," what type of camera gear should I take?" The short answer is as little as possible.What you see here to the right is a portion of what I take. It doesn't show the video camera or the monopod, tripod, and a gorilla pod, flash unit, laser triggers, and a mired of battery chargers. Also I have to have large cases to keep it all in for transport. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The fact is that it depends on whether you're a photographic tragic like me who was into photography long before going to Antarctica, or your someone who basically takes happy snaps when at home and only on holidays.The short and curly of this is that you will only need a good quality point and shoot or mirrorless camera for Antarctica. If your a "photographic tragic" , you will already have all the gear you need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To get the full benefit from DSLR's and their associated lenses, you need to have a full understanding of what all the dials and buttons are for, have an understanding of processing software, and or are prepared to find out.My advice is if your a happy snapper, then get yourself a good point and shoot (compact) or better still a mirrorless camera that has better quality than a compact due to its sensor size being that of popular DSLR's. </span><br />
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-51691885243799536482013-11-24T14:32:00.000+10:002013-11-24T22:28:54.360+10:00Basler BT 67<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See also the <a href="http://www.antarctica.gov.au/living-and-working/travel-and-logistics/aviation/intra-continental-operations/basler-bt-67-aircraft" target="_blank">Australian Antarctic Division</a> for more specifications on this aircraft. I personally have not flown in one as of yet, but certainly look forward to that day. </span></div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-91138233615291073622013-11-17T18:27:00.000+10:002013-11-17T19:05:05.623+10:00Crossing the Southern Ocean - by Horse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't sailed on many of the oceans of the world, in fact technically only three. Those being the Pacific, Indian and the Southern Ocean.For me, the Southern Ocean is as wild and unhospitable a place that any sailor could venture. It offers you beauty and splendor in the wildlife that follow you, the majesty of icebergs that you pass, and the full voracity of mother natures wind and sea. The Southern Ocean was only defined as recent as the year 2000 as that stretch of ocean below 60</span>° S<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that surrounds the continent of Antarctica and does not come into contact with my home continent of Australia. Anyway, regardless of the exact geographical locality of the ocean that stretch between Australia and Antarctica is "bloody" rough and once your past the 60°S mark, cold. This year I traveled down as usual on <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/aurora-australis-ship.html"><i>RSV </i>Aurora Australis</a>. The trip took a more southerly route this time to avoid a low that was driving strong winds and seas directly into our normal path. So we headed pretty much due south towards Antarctica rather than sloping off to the west soon after leaving Tasmania. The seas weren't too bad this year compared with other years (<a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/a-voyage-to-antarctica-by-horse-from.html">A Voyage to Antarctica by Horse</a>) a maximum of 6m this year. The main difference this year was how quickly we came into sea ice, and how tightly packed it was around the 60°S mark. With overcast days we were not able to launch our helicopters early to direct us to open "streams" (open water between ice packs) thereby allowing us to maintain good speed. On a few days we were only able to put 1 or 2 Nm(nautical miles) behind us.This in turn put us a week behind schedule in making it to <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/davis-station-where-hell-is-that.html">Davis Station</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">In keeping with
passing on tips about what one could take to Antarctica to make your extended
stay more enjoyable, I should pass on some thoughts about wooden musical
instruments. Many take guitars down to the Australian Antarctic Stations and
form bands.There are in fact a range of guitars,drums,key boards and systems
down on the stations already. But like most people, its not the same as having
your own. There is nothing wrong with this provided you understand that the air
moisture down in Antarctica is incredibly dry.This is the main enemy of most
stringed instruments. Wood will shrink in very dry conditions, and cracks
may appear in your instrument. Ideally, solid wood instruments like about
40% humidity. In very dry weather try to keep your instrument in its
case, with a humidifier. There are lots of humidifiers available on the
market, or it's easy enough to make your own. One method is to cut a
sponge to fit a plastic, travel soap dish. Punch a bunch of holes into
the top of the cover, and you have an inexpensive humidifier that works
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dangerous element of cold for stringed instruments is sudden temperature
change. When going from warm to cold or cold to warm, your instrument
needs to be insulated. If you have a padded case, use it. If not, wrap
the instrument in blankets or towels. Once you arrive at your
destination, keep the instrument cased or wrapped until the outside of the case
has been at room temperature for several hours. If your instrument is
still icy when you open the case, zip it back up and wait a while longer.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, it would appear your going to Antarctica for the first time or even your second or third time, but are wondering just what to take in terms of personal comforts.I have not included camera gear here as that is a whole blog in itself, and I will endeavour to address that subject separately. See also my blog on <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/heading-to-antarctica-sleep-doesnt-come.html">sleeping</a> in Antarctica as it will also give other items you may wish to take.Here are some of my personal thoughts what to take to make things easier.By all means make up your own mind, and feel free to disagree.Add some of your own likes. You will be issued with work clothes and all the cold weather gear you will need for your Antarctic experience baring a good set of hiking shoes, especially if your going to Davis. I can't speak for Macquire Island as I've not been there, but I would suggest you will need extra good hiking boots for that place.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Flash windcheaters and water proof duds from ski resorts may be great on the ski slopes back home, but have little use in Antarctica with the exception of Casey that does have cross country skiing in Summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whatever you bring with you,label it. You will find other expeditioners will have the same types of gear as you. Bring your own personal tags for not only your laptops and gadgets, but for your issued clothing like jackets,overalls and boots. When you go into a cold porch, there will be a sea of gear looking like yours. So I use pre-made dog tags with my name on them that can be attached to gear using an electrical cable tie.Other expeditioners use coloured ribbon or tap. What ever you use, make it unique to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is what I pack regardless, in terms of clothes.This is outside what I am issued.I have included where I intend on wearing these items. Remember that whatever you take to Hobart, you will have to take it to Antarctica unless you trash it or pack it up and send it back home.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm no clothes Horse, and I can't speak for the ladies.In Antarctica, you can be a walking fashion statement or you can be more practical and utilitarian.I have masses of camera equipment to take so I tend to be more utilitarian to keep my luggage weight down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x overnight bag/knapsack (Hobart & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x good jeans (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 x Shorts/Boardies (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x hoodie or sloppy joe (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 x explorer work socks (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x sports shoes(Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 x jocks/boxer shorts (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 x singlets/Jackie Howe (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3 x T Shirts/polo neck (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x pr crocs (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x pr suitable good lightweight hiking boots. (Hobart,on board <i>RSV Aurora Australis</i> & Antarctica) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 x wet pack.This will include but not limited to: razors, nail clippers, hair shampoo, personal soap bars.I make mention of these in particular because if you are traveling to Antarctica via the Icebreaker <i>Aurora Australis</i>,hair shampoo is not supplied, and the stuff on station is not to everyone's taste.Razors are supplied on station along with foam, but not on the ship.As for the clippers, well they are sometimes overlooked, and nails keep a growing regardless.As for soap bars, well, the ship does supply these, but on station it can be body soap from a wall mounted dispenser which I hate. So I take my own. Now the water on station is very hard as is the water on the ship, so make up your own mind as to how many bars you take. Moisturizing soap is a good idea as your skin will dry out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the ship you will need only a few things to wear. T-Shirts,jeans, even shorts are fine. You only need 3 sets at the most of underwear as there is a laundry on board. A footy jersey or "sloppy joe" if you feel the cold. However, you do get issued a polar fleece "jumper" and Sherpa trackie pants in your survival bag which are good for ship board life.It is mandatory to wear closed footwear on board. No bare feet or socks.Crocs are fine and are popular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There is also a shop on board that sells a limited stock of Tshirts,caps,hoodies, jerseys and vests among other items. This is usually open at 1630 each day whilst underway.Notices are posted on a white board on "E" deck mess on timings. So take some cash on board if you like to buy some extra gear with the Aurora Australis logo on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are traveling south on the <i>RSV</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> Aurora Australis</i> you are permitted 30kg of cabin baggage. This includes all your camera gear,laptops etc. <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">There are only two public computers on board with limited software and capacity. No Internet once underway and clear of land.</span></b>)</i>It does not include your survival bag or your issued PPE which are in separate bags.No bag can weight over 15kg with no limit on how many bags you take. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when packing use soft bags such as duffle bags or collapsible type cases.The problem with hard cases is storage of these when on board the <i>Aurora Australis </i>as more than likely you will be sharing with up to 3 others in a cabin the size of a shoe box for 2 weeks. These cabins have no storage for hardcases, so they have to be stowed in places that are just in the way. I use a Black Wolf collapsible on wheels similar to the one pictured and a LowePro Camera Bag to take on the ship. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To start off with there is no Television reception in Antarctica. But, believe it or not some wintering expeditioners take LED TVs down to Antarctica to have them in their room for watching movies.If your summering don't bother as your load limit will not permit it anyway.Personally I don't see the need as I don't watch that many movies. There are cinemas in each of the Australian Stations as well as McMurdo with great surround sound systems. Movies are much better when watched with friends anyway. But if you do decide that you just have to have a TV in your room, you may like to consider having decent headphones with either wireless function, or an extension lead of 3m to reach your bed from where you place the TV. Remember, there isn't that much room, in your room. If you can put up with them, mini projectors off your laptop are cheaper and much lighter. There are heaps of different ones around and are growing in popularity amongst some "Antarctic Tragics".Some are as small as an external hard drive and give a reasonable quality picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My advice for anyone coming south is to invest in solid state drives like USB thumb drives as storage devices of images and video.I use a range of these from 4gb to 32gb. You can get much bigger, up to 256gb I think, but hell they're expensive. I use the thumb drives to put all my images on as a back up to those on my laptop, by subject. So I have a thumb drive for say, icebergs, another for penguins, and another for Antarctic Equipment etc. etc. I use key ring tags to identify each drive.I use similar ones to those above.Get good quality ones as the cheap and nasty ones don't last and the clear plastic tends to pop out of the holder.The tags can be handy for identifying all sorts of personal gear. Having a number of extra drives is also handy also for sharing images with others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A handy little extension is the retractable 3.5mm male to male audio lead. I use this to plug my ipod into the sound systems of the vehicles on station.The vehicles include 4wd and the odd front-end loader and excavator.The station does have a closed FM radio station whose music is selected by the kitchen hands (slushie) of the day.For the most part I hate the music they select. The extension lead can also be used from your laptop to say an ipod station for better sound qualities when watching movies. Just be aware that the walls of bedrooms on Australian Antarctic Stations are very thin.So your neighbours may not like having their peace shot to hell by Bruce Willis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When it comes to computers, its just personal likes and dislikes.Apple laptops are popular as are Windows based laptops.Nowadays ipads also are taking their place in Antarctica.The Internet is available but at a snails pace.So don't expect to go south and be downloading large files like movies and software updates. Even watching utube links can be tiresome.The stations now have WiFi, but still take a short (1m) network extension lead as the WiFi does get "bogged" down and runs slow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are community computers as well, so if you don't think you will need to fork out for a new laptop, don't despair, there are computers available for all to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A handy gizmo is a set of portable scales for weighing your bags.These are relatively cheap and can be used over and over. They use 2 x AA batteries and have a digital read out. Mine can weight up to 40kg which is plenty for personal travel luggage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you have a hobby, like wood work,making clocks,knitting,leather work or photography, Antarctica is a great place to pursue your interests. Some build models, but you will probably have to leave the model behind as the packing of such things a challenge.If you are a woodworker, you will have to declare the wood through customs on your return through Australia.</span><br />
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-78211821494357914692013-02-25T19:13:00.000+10:002013-02-25T19:13:47.520+10:00Heading to Antarctica - Sleep Doesn't Come Easily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you considering going to Antarctica, and especially those going as expeditioners to any of the 3 Antarctic continent stations of Mawson,Davis or <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/sleeping-at-casey.html">Casey</a> there are a few things that you might like to consider before you go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Life at these stations is very easy when compared with those who started the stations back in the early 1950's. Today the stations are modern by comparison, but when spending from 3 to 18 months there, it is nice to have a few personal items that make it more of a home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the greatest challenges in any camp, whether it be a mine camp in Australia or an Antarctic Station, is getting solid sleep.The rooms on any of the stations are comfortable, but have walls as thin as rice paper. Lying there at night overhearing your neighbour figiting around with draws, playing terrible music,snoring and the occasional farts, does not always make for good fatigue management.So, here a few things that one might consider taking to help getting a good night sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your own comfy pillow. While all the stations provide all the bedding including pillows, They aren't exactly comfortable.I take my own because I like a firmer style of pillow.I still use the supplied ones as packing for when I sit up in bed reading.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleeping tablets in the form of natural herbs, ie Valerian. I find these not bad as I don't wake up groggy.As always, these things work for some and not others. Valerian for myself is a suttle sleeping tablet as it relaxs the mind, it doesn't stomp on it like codine based tablets or other chemical based sleep tablets.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humidifier.The environment in the Antarctic is incredibly dry. The rooms do tend to be on the dry side which does effect solid sleep.You can buy humidifiers but are expensive and just adds to the overall weight of your luggage. So, a handy thing is a couple of long "hockey straps" or "bungy straps" as well as 3m of nylon rope suitable for a cloths line. All cloths are dried in <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/laundry-do-your-own-bloody-laundry.html">commercial dryers</a> or drying rooms. These all have limitations when you have a large crew on station during summer. However, having your own clothesline rigged in your room allows you to dry your cloths without having them been mistaken for someone Else's on a community line, and they add to the humidity of your room which in turn helps with your sleep. Believe me when I tell you your cloths will be dry in the morning. You may have to be a little inventive with how you rig your line as rooms don't exactly have hooks hanging out of the walls and nor should you be putting your own in.If your not inventive, then talk to the "Antarctic Tragics" who have been before. Frankly, if your not inventive, then what the hell are you doing going to Antarctica!</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-13821082576794512062013-01-21T19:37:00.000+10:002013-04-03T16:52:26.959+10:00Elephant Seals - The Davis Boys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This video is a collection of clips from the beach at the Davis Station. These boys are just playing,but they do get rough with blood being spilled. </span></div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/57831304">The Davis Boys - Antarctic Elephant Seals</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/antarctichorse">Antarctic Horse</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For detailed information on the <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/first-elephant-seal-to-appear-at-davis.html">Elephant seal</a></span><a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/first-elephant-seal-to-appear-at-davis.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More "Davis Boys" images below ↓</span><br />
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-15516384714032408132013-01-20T20:34:00.000+10:002013-01-20T20:34:21.280+10:00Australia Day Celebration in Antarctica 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australia Day is traditionally celebrated on the 26th of January each year. It is the date back in 1788 that the first British planted their flag upon the soil of this country and proclaimed it to be theirs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, I don't celebrate that fact as my descendants are Scottish and German. I do however think it a time to reflect on the fact we are a free country, made up of the best that the world has and that we have not had to resort to civil war or internal conflict to remain free. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Antarctica we celebrate the day like a lot of Australians by going to the beach. We also share the beach with the locals, <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/antarctic-penguins-real-happy-feet.html">Adelie penguins</a> and <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/first-elephant-seal-to-appear-at-davis.html">Elephant seals</a>. They don't seem to mind, watching our activities I'm sure with interest. The usual summer swim, beach footy and cricket are always the favorites. The water is nice and cool at - 1.5° C and a suntanning is always good with the out of water temp. today at 0.7 ° C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you may be wondering about the timing of this years celebrations by us down here in Antarctica. Well, we have our resupply ship <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/aurora-australis-ship.html">Aurora Australis</a> coming later in the week and nothing can hold up this resupply.So, we're just getting in before it comes.</span></div>
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-33483978263987361562013-01-12T18:28:00.000+10:002013-01-12T12:57:15.222+10:00Antarctic Wildlife - Snow Petrels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Scientific Name:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> Pagodroma nivea</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br />Snow petrels are an all-white, small fulmarine petrel with conspicious dark eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet. There are two subspecies of snow petrel that differ only in size.<br /><br /><br /><b>Distribution and Abundance</b><br /><br /><br />Snow petrel breed on South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, Bouvet, the Balleny Islands, and Scott Island and at numerous localities on the Antarctic Peninsula and Antarctic Continent.<br /><br />Snow petrel are almost entirely restricted to cold antarctic waters and are associated with pack ice, icebergs and ice floes. Flocks are characteristically seen sitting on icebergs.<br /><br /><br />Snow petrel nest colonially in small to large colonies on cliffs, usually near the sea, but also inland. Some birds remain at the colony all year, but the main influx of birds to the colonies is from mid-September until early November.<br /><br /><br />Conservation status: least concern<br /><br /><br /><b>Breeding</b><br /><br /><br />The nest is a simple pebble-lined scrape usually in a deep rock crevice with overhanging protection. One white egg is laid in late November to mid-December. The egg is incubated for 41-49 days and the chick is brooded for 8 days. The chick then remains in the nest for an additional 7 weeks. Snow petrel chicks leave the nest in late February to mid-May.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XJ8yrjkksVs/UPDMxkX0HeI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Cr4O9Ws6hMc/s1600/Giant+Southern+Petrel+(1).jpg"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XJ8yrjkksVs/UPDMxkX0HeI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Cr4O9Ws6hMc/s640/Giant+Southern+Petrel+(1).jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b>Giant Antarctic Petrel flying with the Smaller Snow Petrel</span><br />
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-65535625962825211872013-01-02T09:46:00.000+10:002013-01-02T09:46:17.499+10:00Emperor Penguins at Amanda Bay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the great travesties in life that one tends to overlook the sharing of your interests and wishs with others. If people don't know what you want, they are unable to help you get what you want. Last year I expressed an interest to photograph the scientists working with the penguins. To be involved with the scientists is a bit tricky because all sorts of permits and official okays need to be in place before a non-scientist can get this close to the penguins. So when a good scientist friend gave the okay to come and photograph the Emperor penguins at Amanda Bay, I was elated. </span><br />
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David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-19205910255598269832012-12-16T04:35:00.001+10:002012-12-16T14:59:50.701+10:00A Voyage to Antarctica by Horse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Below are a few of the Sea Birds that followed us south this summer season. The trip on the RSV Aurora Australis was relatively calm. The wild life especially the birds was great for us who photograph. I've included here some of my endeavours. I've found that I could use more practice shooting birds on the wing from a moving rolling and pitching boat. These are just a few of what a "Shot" and will include the others now I have a password. Hope to get my video of the trip up and online soon. Well, here's hoping anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is an outstanding program for regional people, from all walks of life to share their story with the rest of the world. Brad then followed up his visit with another to help advise me on a small video I made for the ABC Open program. It was really great to gain this knowledge from Brad, because as a still photographer, video is not always in the forefront of your mind when taking pictures. I have found it is difficult to capture the spirituality of Antarctica in still photography alone, but coupled with video is gets you that one step closer to the appreciation of such a place.</span><br />
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This is to report to those who are interested about how my weight loss program is going. Now as you may remember from previous blogs, I had to lose weight or surrender my Antarctic passport to photographing the icy continent. When I first did my medical I was 101kg with a BMI of 34.5. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the BMI or Body Mass Index. It is merely a weight to height relationship. My BMI of 34.5 is considered obese. My healthy BMI or anyone for that matter is supposed to be between 20 and 25. This means I need to get down to 75kg at least given I'm a short man who seems to be shrinking with age. I would not be at all surprised that in part my shrinking is in part due to excess weight for a long time compressing my spine.</div>
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This is a total weight loss of 11.7kg since my medical. But in actual fact 8.2kg since I started my serious weight loss program 5 weeks ago. I continue to really enjoy this weight loss thing and actually don't miss too many things like chips and beer. That's not to say I've totally excluded them, I can just say NO now and look for something more healthy if its available. I choose to have a red wine rather than a beer. Still love beer, I just make a choice between the two.</div>
</div>David Barringhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354898868094636204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1363738654846004540.post-9639699134758883292012-06-23T10:43:00.000+10:002012-06-23T10:55:40.215+10:00Antarctic Penguins - The Real Happy Feet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I never get tied of watching these little guys</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Probably the most curious of the Antarctic Penguins. For more details on these little fellas got to my other blog on the <a href="http://davidbarringhaus.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/adelie-penguins-according-to.html">Adelie</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There also many images of these birds at my <a href="http://www.david-barringhaus.artistwebsites.com/">Rock'in Horse Photography</a> Artists Gallery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know what your thinking, this isn't about some renewable source of energy that their mucking around with in Antarctica, it's a book. Well it's a book by Anthony Robbins. That tall square jawed fella from America. <em><strong>Unlimited Power</strong></em> is a fitness book for the mind. It will show you step by step how to perform at your peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Passion, as Anthony would describe it, is what drives successful people, both in business and sports to a boilermaker with a weight issue, which energizes them to almost obsessive purpose to grow and to be more. It gives them the fuel that powers their success train and causes them to tap their potential. It's passion that causes Olympic athletes to train hard for gold, its passion that causes children at school to study hard to realise a dream, its passion that drives scientists to discover new medical procedures and medicines. For me, a boilermaker who doesn't exactly fit into the Olympic athlete group above, my passion is photographing Antarctica. So as you know in my recent past blogs I've got a weight issue that had almost derailed my next trip to the icy continent. <a href="http://www.nolimitsliving.herbalhub.com.au/">My weight management program</a> has allowed me to once again follow that dream. In the process of that weight loss however, I've also discovered that my energy levels are bordering on being dangerous - outstanding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here we are at week 4 of my Antarctic weight loss program. I continue my 2 protein shakes a day with 1 colourful meal. I'm drinking heaps of water , and taking a number of vitamin suppliments to boost my energy levels. The vitamin suppliments are all natural herbs in a concentrated form. Certainly nothing like I've ever taken before. Goes to show if you buy cheap stuff from the chemist shop or the supermarket you are really not getting bang for your buck compared to this stuff.I thought the shakes were going to be a problem and get a bit boring, but with these I can add apple, blueberries, really what ever fruits I like. I've got recipes even for savoury type shakes that include tomato juice and celery. Normally with shakes I got hungry 5 minutes after having the shake. But taken with the vitamin suppliments, man I am full and stay that way till my next meal time.Not something that an old boilmaker like me would normally venture into, but again when someone is telling you your BMI is borderline, and your Antarctic adventures may be in jeopardy you tend to get motivated. Please excuse the pictures to the right here, but I'm not entering a body building competition. They are merely to show that I have lost weight. I've still got a way to go yet to get to my target weight of 75Kg. There are still signs of love handles and "man boobs" which I'm really looking forward to getting rid of. My next move is to start a exercise program that tone muscle especially the upper areas of the body. I'm not a gym person, so I'm going to have to devise something here at home. Below are my Week 4 Sats</span></div>
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