2013 Tea Party Complete!

2013 Tea Party complete 1700 yesterday. Just the washing up to do. Escape planned for 2-3 June.

                                  
                         Alice: When I get home I shall write a book about this place...

The Madness of South Georgia

In early April I managed to get out behind Husvik camp for a little walk and a gentle uphill scramble.
(click on photos to enlarge)

Half way up:

Sitting down, at the top:

 Looking the other way over Fortuna Bay to the Fortuna Glacier:

The younger "Mad Ratters" interpretation of an afternoon 'hill walking' in South Georgia:

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”

Patience is a virtue

Mad Ratters. Waiting patiently. A most virtuous team!

Stunning images of Wonderland

Clever doctor captures the spirit of South Georgia.(link)

Dr  Samantha Crimmin:

Stop Press! Very Latest Tonight From South Georgia.

Thanks to keyboards, satellites and electrons it's possible to bring you the very latest news tonight from the Ratters:

"Husvik pretty much cleared out now, Blue Bar closed, 6 hrs of baiting to complete all baiting, Right Whale bay completed just Hope Valley and 34 pods to go and we are out of here." 

Blue Bar closed!...send in the cavalry!

.....waiting.

In solitary tents
on a lonely Isle
beneath the mist capped heights,

Hemmed in by the winds
that grip them a while

They wait in the cold, damp nights.


With apologies to Dr Marshall

Latest News From South Georgia Front Line.

This just in yesterday, Sunday 12th, from Tony and the team:

I'm pleased to advise you that we got a few hours of baiting weather today, and finished the last 17 pods of bait from Right Whale Bay. This now only leaves the 33 pods at Hope Valley (Elsehul) and the very western end of the island. We have completed 93% of the target baiting for the season and emptied 13 of the 14 bait depot sites.

The weather is not looking good for the next few days, but at present Thurs may offer the hope of light winds. The completion of the full 2013 target is tantalisingly close.

We hope to finish the island before the island finishes us!