Halley Bay - 2005

• Halley is connected to the Internet (Feb 2005). The satellite dome is a new feature of the Halley landscape.

Group photo

Photo by Jeff Cohen Front row (left to right): Jeff Cohen, Mike Rooney, Petra Schmidt, Frances Williams, Vanessa O'Brien, Ian Coxan, Jamie Koplick, Matt Butters, Kev O'Donnell, Miriam Iorwerth. Back row (left to right): Dan Jones, Steve Clive, Gareth Wale, Simon Coggins, Craig Nicholls, Bryn Jones. Simon says: "Here's one of us all at Sundown. It was blowing 20 knots and a bit cold but we still managed to have the traditional barbeque. The flag was raffled off and won by Petra Schmidt."

The VSAT dome

Photo by Simon Coggins A new addition to the Halley skyline. The dome housing the radio communications system which links Halley to the rest of the BAS network (bases, ships and Cambridge HQ), via the VSAT satellite.

"Ness and I got sick of his whistling"

Photo by Frances Williams

Miriam's pictures

Other information, anecdotes etc.

How times have changed! 500 word news letters and now e-mails. In 1975 it was 200 words in, and 100 out! Some things at Halley seem to remain the same though, i.e, in the 2005 base photo. Fid with shovel in hand, and another in front row (young lady) with the essential and ever present camera round the neck! Much of the kit, i.e the orange cags and mukluks appears not to have changed, though I do like those furry caps. [31 March 2006]

Matt Butters:

During our Midwinter celebrations a blow up doll was perched upon the Christmas tree as we didn't have a fairy. It was rather comical, but I think some people found it in poor taste. [16 January 2006]

• Station Diary
• Simon Coggins weblog
• Bryn Jones
• Kev O'Donnell
• Inside the Laws platform

Summer 2004-05

Allan Thomas ("Tommo") writes:

Who'd have thought I'd only be away 10 months before coming back? Certainly not me, but enjoying life down the Drewry for a summer. By the way, Craig Nicholls has had a bike here for the last two winters, and I did hear that Pat Fielder had a motorbike here when he wintered. [17 January 2006]

• Nathan Keen
• Nathan (Keen) won Weakest Link (TV show)