Photo Time....it has been 10 years....

I am still not well enough to be working. I am getting very good at the sitting around doing nothing kind of thing but that has so far failed to produce anything that adds to my, or others, life in any way, shape or form. It is in fact very dull. Really mind numbingly dull. I don't like it at all. I DID manage to have a shower, wash my hair, eat something and change my sheets. Like i said not adding a lot to the sum total of knowledge and all that.

...does any one else love "clean sheet day"? It is a think i picked up living on a ship. Once a week we got our clean sheets. I thought it was heaven. I remember at the end of a cruise finding out that some of the "boys" had their clean sheets piled up in a corner. From the entire time. I mean i was grossed out that they had not changed their sheets the entire time but mostly pissed at them for not telling me what they were doing so i could have nicked their clean sheets and had "clean sheet day" twice a week. I was talking to my mum about it and she said "if i were rich i would pay someone to come and make sure i had clean sheets everyday". This is one of the few times in life that i agree with her. I would also add "cook me all my meals" and "change the kitty litter tray" but that is just me.

As i have been doing nothing really important i thought i would go through some old v1 99 photos. So here a few ice pics (and then i will get back to finishing an old Terry Pratchett novel ... decided that as i had nothing better to do i was going to re-read them all....Lost Continent at the moment....awesome).

this is siggi and myself with the radiometers we were using. The second shot is another radiometer attached to the basket and taking measurements away from the ship at the same time as the ship attahced ones! Not usually so pretty or calm. And i should have my freezer suit on but i was only outside for like 10 mins!!

Sea smoke visible as the ship crashes though to get to "exhibit a". That is the second grey and obscure picture which is THE mertz polynya. That dull gery stuff in the back is the Mertz Glacier itself. Which is mostly...grey.