South of Sixty : Life on an Anrtarctic Base Book

Contents Acknowledgements....................v
Introduction....................vii
Some Antarctic Terms....................ix
1 Antarctic Beginnings....................1
2 Voyage South....................4
3 South American Indulgences....................9
4 The Falkland Islands....................12
5 South Georgia, and More Falklands....................18
6 Finally, the Antarctic....................22
7 Our Deception Island Home....................25
8 Antarctic Huskies....................30
9 Adjusting to Antarctic Life....................33
10 Some Summer Activities....................37
11 Visitors....................40
12 Deception Wildlife....................45
13 Baily Head Residents....................47
14 Weather....................50
15 Fids in Winter....................52
16 Eating ....................58
17 ... and Drinking....................61
18 Argentinean Hospitality....................65
19 Winter Breaks....................67
20 A Dark Spring....................73
21 More Socializing and a Reprieve....................78
22 Icy Antarctica....................84
23 Base Life....................89
24 The Huns....................94
25 Real Sledging....................97
26 Adelaide Diversions....................102
27 Keeping up Morale....................106
28 Not a Cold Winter....................110
29 Sledging Further....................115
30 Academics, Atmosphere, and Animal Power....................118
31 Spring, and Flying....................122
32 Death in Antarctica....................125
33 Adelaide IslandEvents....................127
34 Base Life Comes to a Stop....................133
35 Five Weeks of No Sailing....................137
36 A Slow Boat to Southampton....................139
37 You Can Return....................144
38 Marguerite Bay Bases....................147
39 Southern Isles....................153
40 One Antarctic Ending....................160
Bibliography....................163
Biography....................164