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Back in May I spotted a cartoon in Private Eye and tracked down cartoonist Ed McLachlan as I thought it captured the occasional dissoluteness that sweeps over base life. Having wintered in Halley Bay we were never visited by a passing ship - tourist…
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The HMS Protector Association has been in touch to draw the attention of the Trustees to the deaths of two seaman, Leading Seaman Reg Hodge and Able Seaman Lane, who lost their lives whilst prepping a depth charge for seismic research on 6th December…Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and BAMT supporter 1939-2025
Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and author, died on 27 December 2025 at her home in London. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Wolfson College, Cambridge University and a trustee of the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation and the UK Antarctic Herita… Full Story...