Up early for a radio sched to get us out of this god forsaken island! It feels like I am on a survivor series. Survivor Hop Island although in this case I have to make sure that everyone makes it out the other side of the adventure. Back to the radio, we found that in fact the game had only just started as we were effectively left on the island to fend for ourselves for the next two to three days. Primarily due to the helicopter demands being very high at the moment with the AMISOR crew getting their stuff off the Amery Ice Shelf, assisting the Russians in the Vest folds and slinging dirt out of the fuel spill site. Well what were we to do but go out and explore some more!

 Fortunately for us the island started to show off all of its hidden beauties such as more previously not sampled lakes that could expand the research being done, seals, penguins and a sleeping Leopard Seal. This was of course after we had seen a few other little gems such as a Weddell Seal trapped by drifting pieces of ice and the multitudes of funny little penguinni’s.

 Well after an extra day on the island I feel as though I got that little bit more of it. It would have been a pity to leave this morning and not see what we did today. Although this does make it a bit harder for the scientists who are on a tight schedule to get things done before V3 gets in to take them away! A bit selfish of me but I am glad that it has worked out with a couple of extra days.