Saturday, 2 April 2011

"Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better, even of their blunders" -- Nietzsche

So here's some photos I forgot:





We made a point of going down to the RRS Ernest Shackleton at 06:30 to say goodbye to our friends from the summer season. This was the first night of my week of night watch, so I was a little dazed...










Everyone managed to get on board on time, which apparently made a change to previous years...











The legend that is Dave Dive. Conveniently named since he is the wintering dive officer...











The tradition of seeing off the ship with a load of flares continues. The atmosphere was electric, with both nervous apprehension and excitement...