This will be my sixth season in Antarctica, so I've wintered previously at Macquarie Island,
Davis three times and Casey once. Mawson's a place that I've been very keen to get to and
I've put my hand up a couple of times to get there and haven't managed to do that.
It's going to be pretty exciting to go to Mawson for the first time
and I'm really looking forward to getting out and seeing the emperor penguin colonies.
We've got a good mix of returning expeditioners and quite seasoned
expeditioners. We've got some expeditioners who have done multiple seasons, we've got a handful
of expeditioners, who this is their second season so they're quite excited as well, and we've got
five newbies and they're fantastic because they just bring so much energy into the place.
I love the winters, that's where the challenge is. That's where the remoteness is and that's
what's inviting for me, is to challenge myself and to help others get through those periods.
For me it's rewarding to see people achieve what they want to achieve personally when they go
down south and for people that's different, so if I can give them the tools to do that
then I walk away happy as well. Yeah the family are great, they love it,
they really support me 100 per cent. I send back regular emails with photos about what i'm up to.
Yeah, they love the penguins. Not so much Gramps, but the penguins are cool.