20-Feb

The day ended late with another fiery sunset, the sunrise and sunsets have been magnificent down here - if only it was possible to try capture them as they are on canvas, will give it a try.

We had to deal with all sorts of freezing problems today. Scientific experiments fell over because of frozen pipes and hoses. We managed to save the day but with frozen fingers and icicles hanging from our noses. For some of the equipment, frozen plastic pipes had to be cut free from their fittings and thawed out in the engine room. This had to be done carefully as they were so brittle that they could just snap in half.

The Benthos girls found some interesting pink and bloated benthos creatures that crawl along the sea floor and have called them “little pigs”. Amazing creatures about the size of a hand pink with little tails or ears and a little snout that looked just like pigs