It's been a while since we sailed across the Atlantic and into the Southern Ocean. Welcome back to a new series of a day in the life of Rothera's work force.

We will begin with a special person, close to my heart, Louis Day. Louis maintained the boating operations at Rothera Research Station during the winter. As I write, he is currently sailing towards the sub antarctic island of South Georgia to join the King Edward Point wintering team. He will continue his position as a winter boating officer, but at a different British Antarctic Survey research station, for the next 12 months.

Together with the third member of the team (Alice Clement), Louis, Alice and myself worked closely together towards collecting scientific samples and maintaining a long term oceanographic time series (hear more about this in the life of a Marine Assistant episode) during the 2022 polar winter.

I wish Louis the best in helping a new cohort of scientists in South Georgia during the 2023 subantarctic winter.

The cover photo captures the youngest (Louis) and oldest member of the team (Phil) exchanging the Union Jack flag for the sun up ceremony. Listen to find out more.