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Sam, our field guide has been checking our equipment in the cargo hold. All the essentials for a great field camp are there!

The RRS Sir David Attenborough is now heading south. A clear blue sky and 40+ knots of wind mean the sea is a little feisty this evening

We've started our crossing of the Drake Passage and wave watching is now big entertainment. British Antarctic Survey 🐧

An important part of our field preparation today has been going through our medical kit with the ship's Doctor.

Beautiful scenery approaching James Ross Island this morning where the SDA drops off a field party later today.

The crew are busy loading up the James Ross Island field teams equipment for deployment. Our turn will be in the next couple of days.

Final field preparation is underway

The view from the Bridge of the Sir David Attenborough as we head for Seymour Island. Lots of ice and wildlife too. Check the webcam (link via gm0hcq.com) for latest views

It seems that penguins can fly......who knew. An adalie penguin off Seymour Island, Antarctica, this morning #BirdsOfTwitter

How do you get a team of scientists onto a remote, somewhat inhospitable, island in Antarctica. Put all their kit into Terror, the Sir David Attenborough cargo tender, and send it ashore to a suitable beach. In 40 days we will be back to collect them

We successfully managed to get all our camping equipment on Seymour Island, tomorrow we leave the comfort (and internet connection) of the Sir David Attenborough to set up our camp and start our fossil hunting!!

It's our last night of comfort on the Sir David Attenborough before heading off for our camping and fossil collecting adventure.

Yesterday, we dropped 40days of field supplies on Seymour Island for our fossil hunting friends Rowan Whittle James W et al.. Here’s a recap 🎶 #AntarcticPICCOLO

The Seymour Island field team are back onboard the Sir David Attenborough after a successful fossil hunting season. British Antarctic Survey 🐧 James W

Here are some more photos of our field season on Seymour Island, Antarctica. We were looking at community change in the Eocene (around 56-34 million years ago) and the K-Pg mass extinction (66 million years ago). British Antarctic Survey 🐧

Like Glastonbury, but with fossils, in Antarctica, and there’s only four of you. ICEWORLD podcast is back with this team of fossil hunters, fresh off their expedition to Seymour Island - including Rowan Whittle and Natural History Museum's James W ⬇️ 🎧 tinyurl.com/m6znzdfx

We are at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival talking to the public about Antarctic life past and present

At the Opening ceremony for #SCAR OSC 2024! At the grand ballroom in Pucón, Chile! Waiting for all the science to begin’

Send your name to Antarctica! #TicketToAntarctica 🐧 This epic adventure to the frozen south on the RRS Sir David Attenborough is free, and for everyone. Follow the journey, add your name to the time capsule, and get your souvenir digital ticket: 🎟️ tickettoantarctica.co.uk

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