Update

Just thought I would let everyone know that we might not hear from Neil for a few days. I spoke to him yesterday evening and he confirmed that they had arrived at the landing bay that had been prepared for the ship. Unfortunately the weather over the last few days had caused ice to build up around the landing bay which made it impossible to moor. This bay is 12km over the ice to get to Halley and if they couldn't moor there the other option they had was a landing bay which is 50km from Halley, so not ideal. They were eagar to moor and unload as the materials that are on the ship are desperately needed at Halley. Anyway when they do finally moor there will be a few heavy days of work to unload the ship and to get settled in their accomodation. Communication is poor at Halley as they only have 3 computers to share between everyone and for some reason he will not be able to use his laptop whilst he is there. This means that opportunities to update the blog may be few and far between. 

Amanda