Not really sure why the antarctic division get us back to do more training the week before departure. Everyone was so excited and bustling that I don't think much of the final training sunk in. Most of it was revision of what we had been through previously. Especially for some of the winterers that had been training at the division for months (some of the summerers only get three weeks at the division before departure).I guess the highlight of the final week was a bit of light SAR (search and rescue) training for the winterers. Basically this involved an abseil and a rescue exercise on the coast at Blackman's Bay. For those who had abseiled before it was a pretty nice day out, but for some of the less adventurous types it was pretty hair-raising!
Here's a picture of one of the Diesel Mechanics wondering what he has got himself in for!
Not long before we are off now...
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