AMT Blog

For those wanting to look out the front window of the Bridge on the James Clark Ross as we steam southwards then the webcam can be found at:

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/images/webcams/rrjcr/index.php

And yes I can confirm its sunny today, at last!

In a final desperate measure before meeting their judgement the dastardly Pollywogs Parotknapped the Nutrient Parrot. This chap is an old hand of 24 years at sea and far too many cruises to even start to discuss. The parott is/was cared for by the Chief of Police who is now quite distraught at this turn of events.

Poor Polly

However, despite this intervention he followed government guidlines and refused to negotiate with the terrorists who had taken the bird. Ransom posters were displayed and even after the event the parott has yet to be released. However it is now in the hands of the ships underground secret police led by Polly Mann who are confident they will find the bird and the criminals.

Any infomation please contact your local station, or ring Crimestoppers on 065346671882.

Since ‘crossing the line’ we have sampled eight stations in the southern hemisphere to find out what is going on in the Southern Gyre.

So what is a Gyre? It is a swirling vortex, which in the ocean is created by wind or currents. There are two main gyres in the Atlantic Ocean, which are created by currents; the northern Gyre which circulates clockwise and is created by the North Equatorial and North Atlantic currents and the southern Gyre which swirls anti-clockwise, created by the South Equatorial and Antarctic Circumpolar currents.