Field training officer Alec Wilson shares experiences and photos of life at Davis research station

The life of a Field Training Officer at Davis

During resupply we were out supporting science and deep field projects. I was fortunate to experience the emperor penguin colony at Amanda Bay, the Woop Woop Ski Landing Area and Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. After the Nuyina left, we’ve been working on getting all of our expeditioners at Davis through the 24-hour survival training they need to work and recreate safely outside the station limits. Hiking out to a field hut for an outdoor bivvy has been a great way to continue getting to know the team. The weather is changing, the weeks are flying by and it feels like this short summer will be over before I know it. I’m trying to savour the quiet moments in the chaos to appreciate this wild experience.

Alec Wilson - Field Training Officer

Red and white prop plane on ice under a blue sky
Yellow shed on an icy landscape
Aerial of large red icebreaker parked up in the ice at Davis
Another aerial of the red icebreaker Nuyina in the ice with a channel of black water behind it
A man in outdoor gear and goggle stands in front of a white helicopter
A man on a hill with a rocky landscape, ice and a lake behind him
A brown shipping container, kitted out to be a shed, on a rocky hill
icy landscape with a lake in the background
sea ice to the horizon with icebergs
A blue snow tractor on the sea ice under a moody grey sky
Three people in yellow stand on a frozen lake

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