Rowan Whittle, 45, is a palaeontologist who usually lives in Cambridge.
However, this year, she is one of a small team which has been dropped off by the BAS ship and will spend Christmas in a tent.
“We are being deployed onto King George Island a couple of days before Christmas,” she says.
“Our team of three, Saurav Dutta, a geochemist, Andy Moles, a field guide and myself, will be camping for four weeks hunting for fossils, to try and understand how Antarctic seafloor ecosystems evolved.
“As our trip is time-limited we will need to work on Christmas Day if the weather allows. We will either be finishing camp set-up or conducting an initial survey of the study area.
“Hopefully we can finish a bit early on Christmas Day to cook something nice with our field rations.”
