This week at Davis

A white dinner plate holding thinly sliced salmon crudo dressed with yuzu ponzu, topped with sprouts and salmon roe, and surrounded by black and white crispy wakame puffs for contrast and texture.

Every year at Midwinter, chefs at Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations produce a celebratory feast to mark the shortest day. Have… Read more
An open pizza box, with the phrase 'Beauty is in the eye of the pizza holder' written on the inside of the lid is open with a cooked pizza inside. A glass of red wine sits beside it

Well I’m back. After a winter at Casey Station in 23/24 I have the privilege of getting to Davis Station for the 25/26 winter… Read more

Five people wearing medical scrubs gather around a dummy laying on an operating table

My expectations of this role were that I would be moving a lot of snow… Read more
A person in a thick yellow and black beanie wearing a helmet tourch crouches with a shovel next to a large yellow vehicle that is partially covered in snow.

A three-day mission to recover vehicles from Whoop Whoop. Read more
A wooden platter with paper doilies presents 12 petit four sweets.

Davis station marks the winter solstice with an icy plunge and Midwinter… Read more
A man in orange high visibility clothing smiles up the camera from inside a crawl space

Plumbing down south can be quite challenging, with limited materials and… Read more
A large and very bright green aurora sweeps down through a dark and starry night, ending at a point above a snowy landscape with a few unusually shaped buildings barely visible in the low light

Winter moments become part of a mental timelapse as the Davis team hurtle… Read more
An existing white building in Nepal of two stories has scaffolding to support the construction of two newfloors above

The team at Davis come together to raise money for underprivileged kids in… Read more
The silhouette of two dark buildings with glowing windows stands out against a blue night sky

Winter is approaching, the darkness is coming. Read more
A man wearing pink and white shorts and an electric blue headband to look like a Ken Doll crosses a finish line while others cheer in th ebackground

The Davis crew tick off the kilometres Read more
A man wearing jeans and a high visibility vest stands on tarmac in front of a large red and white ship labelled 'Antarctica', with grey cloudy skies overhead.

The story starts in November 2024 when I was sitting on the couch with my… Read more

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