One of the joys of this cruise are the enthusiastic people onboard. Apart from the Exploration Guides, we have officials from New Zealand and Australia who not only ensure everything is done correctly, but also impart their knowledge.

Patricia, who is onboard, works for the Antarctic Heritage Trust. They conserve and maintain the historic huts we have visited and had a auction last night to help raise funds.

One of the items that caught my eye was a book titled STILL LIFE by Jane Ussher and Nigel Watson, it’s now out of print and rare.

I managed to successfully bid for it, and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the photographs were taken with a digital Hasselblad Camera, similar to one I have at home. Hopefully my film Hasselblad photos will turn out as good as hers !

In addition to the authors signature Patricia generously signed a card to remind us of our times aboard Le Soleal. If you have an interest in these amazing huts it’s well worthwhile looking at what the Trust do, and considering membership to help their funding.