My Adventurous Times In Antarctica

<p>Leaving Macquarie Island and the 1979 expeditioners was a mixed bag of</p><p>emotions. I witnessed the grieving of some of the expeditioners from the loss one</p><p>of their mates a biologist. I felt for them and wondered what wintering on the</p><p>Island was going to be like for them. I was pleased to finally go home Aboard the</p><p>Danish ice breaker Thala Dan. 15 Months was a long time away from home on an</p><p>isolated Australian Scientific Research Station. I boarded the ship after she</p><p>serviced the other Australian Stations in Antarctica.</p><p>Seeing Australia for the first time in 15 months was going to be an unknown as I</p><p>had changed and wondered where life takes me now. Approaching the Australian</p><p>mainland I could smell the burnt summer air which I no longer take for granted.</p><p>In 1980 I reapplied to go south again to Antarctica with 1981 Expedition this time</p><p>to Casey Another story unfolds and is told in this book along with the Macquarie</p><p>Island story.</p>