Introduction
The Journey South
Further South
Into the Ice
Icecliff Landing
Life on Base
Huskies
Wildlife
Sledging Trips
Relief of Base
Photo Gallery
Early Exploration
Contact and Links


Arrival at Base

Base 'T' - Adelaide Island was to be home for the next two years. The various buildings were all constructed from timber and provided living quarters, generator shed, tractor garage, radio shack and meteorological hut.

A matter of days after flying into the base , changing winds loosened the fast sea ice and the Biscoe eventually arrived to carry out a full relief of the base with coal, food, fuel and stores for the following year.

  Base 'T' Adelaide Island   Evening view from base   Icebergs and growlers
Living quarters in foreground
   Evening view from base
   Icebergs and growlers
Biscoe unloading stores Stores unloaded Home for the next 2 years
Biscoe unloading stores
 Stores unloaded from the Biscoe
 Home for the next 2 years
Man's best friend Sledge repair workshop

Sledge repair workshop 		Radio room
New found friends   Radio room

The base was supplied with a limited oil supply, sufficient to run a generator a few hours a day to provide electricity for the radio transmissions, the only means of contact with the outside world.


All photographs are scans from personally owned slides