This week was exceptionally busy as we transfered the fuel from the ship and then resupplied the field huts by helicopter. Everything went according to plan and handover on Saturday night went very smoothly with Narelle handing over the station leader reigns to Mark.

Refuelling, resupply and handover

This week was exceptionally busy as the Aurora Australis was in port and at Macca for resupply. We transferred fuel for the station from the ship and then resupplied the field huts by helicopter.

Everything this year went according to plan and handover on Saturday night went smoothly with Narelle handing over to Mark, the new station leader.

When the ship left, the winter team retired to the mess for coffee and cake and are now well into their winter programs.

We are now on our own until November.

A team of expeditioners unloading boxes into a store room
A red and white helicopter carrying a suspended load
A green hose stretching spanning an 800 metre distance across water to an orange ship
Expeditioners pulling a large green fuel hose on a beach
Three red and white helicopters with a LARC in the foreground on a gravel beach area
A group of penguins walking
A wet baby fur seal
Red and white helicopters in the square at the centre of the station close to buildings
Female station leader hands over to new male station leader infront of seated crowd of expeditioners
Group of expeditioners on hill side outside small building

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