The sea swell was in full form last night, and has cleared most of the sea ice from Boat Harbour, as well as sections of the coast near Sorensen's Hut. It's amazing to witness the power of nature, tossing ice bits the size of cars onto the shoreline.
After a nice sleep in we awoke to a perfect day, blue skies, calm air, a change from the Christmas Eve.
Soon we started preparing the Christmas feast. A pork roast was thawed out, trifles and puddings were prepared, even a shitake mushroom tempeh was made (a vegetarian tradition??).
Christmas gifts were swapped and there were some surprise gifts from the Foundation for everyone. With the new lab and bedroom floor down, we had a magnificent deck to use as our function area. A large tarp was strung up to shade us from the searing sun rays, a ply table was fashioned and by 4 pm the feast began. Along with the roast pork and veggie mains we also had chilli garlic prawns entr饮 Yes, we where doing it tough in Antarctica!
Tony
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