This is my fifth winter as a plumber with the AAD.

My pictures speak my words: Reflections on five winters!

This is my 5th winter with the AAD as a plumber. I have also summered at Casey station and gone south as a refuelling assistant twice with the AAD.

I have also been lucky enough to have wintered with the British Antarctic Survey at Rothera research station, where I was also lucky enough to get to Halley 6 research station only for one night. So in light of all that, here are some of my favourite photos that I have taken in my time south.

Cheers,

Brownie,

Neil Brown - Macquarie Island winter plumber

A person standing on ice, underneath a angular module building on stilts
A group standing on ice next to a big red ship
Purple yellow and green aurora australis across a night sky with a signpost in the foreground
A vivid green aurora over icebergs and water
A red and white passenger plane flying over water ice and snow covered mountains
A large male elephant seal on a grey sand beach
Fluffy grey black and white emperor penguin chicks on ice
Two emperor penguin parents stand over a chick, looking down
A man in the pilot's seat of a small plane, looking back to the camera
A snow covered volcano rising out of the sea
Two people in the pilot and co-pilot's seat on a plane
A brown fluffy penguin chick
A leopard seal lies on its back, baring its jagged teeth
A person skiing across a snowy slope in the sunset
Looking out a plane window to an icy landscape and sea
The milky way and stars at night over a brightly lit station

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