Ships Diary

During her time at sea, HMS Endurance will be sending back regular diaries to keep us all up to date with what is happening on this deployment.

	Deployment Gallery 21 – Leaving South Africa After a spell of TLC in Simon’s Town, South Africa, the Red Plum has begun inching her way up the west coast of Africa. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 20 – Table Mountain Table Mountain is a 1,086 metre flat-topped mountain overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 19 – Remembering Delville Wood The Ship’s Company of HMS Endurance recently attended a wreath-laying ceremony during the 92nd commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in South Africa. Read More >>

	Support for a £1.3 million appeal for Teenage Cancer Trust The funds from the appeal will go towards a specialist cancer treatment centre for teenagers and young people with cancer at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 18 - Out on Safari Read More >>

	Charity Update: `Project Stanley’ The Senior Ratings on HMS Endurance are proudly supporting Falklands Veterans Foundation (FVF) as their chosen charity this deployment. Read More >>

	World Environment Day 2008 World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) inspires awareness of the environment and improves political attention and action. Read More >>

	Congratulations Portsmouth City Football Club On behalf of HMS ENDURANCE, I would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Portsmouth City Football Club on winning the FA Cup Final on Saturday. Read More >>

	Cancer Research UK This deployment the Junior Ratings of HMS Endurance have decided to think pink and raise funds to support research into breast cancer. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 17 – The Beauty of the Falklands The virtually unpopulated countryside of the Falkland Islands allows for a great variety of wildlife to flourish. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 16 – Pebble Island Pebble Island lies in the northern portion of the Falkland Islands. The island has an area of approximately 88km² and has a diverse landscape that includes sandy beaches, moorland, rocky cliffs and large ponds. Read More >>

	Teenage Cancer Trust “It’s a good place to be if you’re having a bad time”. A quote from a teenager about one of the Teenage Cancer Trust units Read More >>

	Deployment Cup - Winter Olympics While the next Winter Olympic Games will be held in 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, the Rothera Winter Olympics have recently taken place in Antarctica. Read More >>

	The Red Plum Goes Blue for Charity Although more than 8,000 miles away from Portsmouth in Antarctica, one of the most hostile and forbidding places on earth, HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship in Antarctica are supporting The News’s Blue Day on Friday 4th April. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 15 - Arriving in Punta Arenas Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 14 - Crash on Deck Exercise Safety management is an important function in the safe and efficient running of a ship like HMS Endurance as everyone on board has to be trained to respond to any given event. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 13 – Signy Island Signy Island is named after Signy Therese, the wife of Norwegian whaler Petter Martin Mattais Koch Sørlle and BAS maintains a scientific research station for biology on the island. Read More >>

	HMS Endurance Stubs Out “The Big Cig” in Antarctica No Smoking Day is Wednesday 12th March and as part of the National No Smoking Day, HMS Endurance has taken a radical line to highlight a new way to quit smoking. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 12 – Diving in Antarctica Diving in Antarctica is an expedition in itself, as most of Antarctica’s wildlife lives below the ice and every plunge into its icy water provides its own unique experience. Read More >>

	Gabrielle Walker: A Snapshot of Antarctica Currently guest on HMS Endurance is Gabrielle Walker, freelance writer, broadcaster and speaker specialising in energy and climate change. A self-confessed "ice-addict", Gabrielle has made many trips to scientific stations all over the Arctic and Antarctic, including a month-long stint at the South Pole. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 11 – Gerlache Strait The Gerlache Strait is a channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Gerlache Strait is located at 64° 30’ S, 62° 20’ W. Read More >>

	Science Comes to life with HMS Endurance Dame Ellen MacArthur, the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth are breathing new life into science lessons for seven - eleven year olds. Read More >>

	The Emperor Strikes Back on HMS Endurance HMS Endurance has discovered a colony of emperor penguins previously unknown to science. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 10 – Rothera Station Rothera station, built in 1975, occupies a small rocky peninsula on Adelaide Island, a heavily glaciated island with mountains of up to 2565 metres. Marine and Terrestrial Biology is just one of the research areas supported at Rothera. Read More >>

	Antarctic Science Comes To life For Radio Martin Redfern, Senior Producer for the BBC Radio Science Unit is currently a guest on HMS Endurance. Martin is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year for BBC Radio. Read More >>

	Sunken M/S Explorer located HMS Endurance has located the wreck of the cruise liner M/S Explorer, which sank approximately 120 km (75 miles) north of the Antarctic Peninsula in November 2007 Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 9 – Beard growing and other fun! Time at sea offers the ideal opportunity for the HMS Endurance deployment beard growing competition. Many competitors joined in because coincidentally it allowed them an extra 5 minutes in bed every morning due to not having to shave! Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 8 - Gypsy Cove and Lively Island Gypsy Cove is a small bay on East Falkland. Because of its strategic position, on a peninsula, not far from Stanley, during the 1982 occupation of the Falklands, several fields of plastic landmines were placed nearby, in order to prevent a British landing. Read More >>

	Falklands Veterans Foundation "You have to believe that out of a disaster comes good. There are some people who are strengthened by it and end up doing remarkable things, but then there are others that fall apart and cannot come to terms with their new lives." Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 7 - Mount Haddington One of HMS Endurance’s tasks was to support a team of BAS scientists by transferring the scientists and their equipment to the summit of Mount Haddington.p> Read More >>

	Viv James - Elephant Island Diary When I woke I could feel that we were out in the Bransfield Strait. Our destination is Elephant Island and weather permitting we are going for a landing this afternoon. Read More >>

	James Ross Island James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Prince Gustav Channel. Read More >>

	In Antarctica Icebergs are beautiful fragments of freshwater ice and they come in different colours. Read More >>

	Elephant Island Elephant Island is an ice-covered, desolate island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 4 – Saunders Island, Falkland Islands Saunders Island is the 4th largest island of the Falkland Islands, lying north west of West Falkland. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 3 - Christmas Fun Despite being so far away from our homes and loved ones, everyone on HMS Endurance had a fun time over the Christmas period. Read More >>

	HMS Endurance's Nativity Play Shepherds dressed in dressing gowns and tea towels, Christmas carols and at least one child bursting into a flood of tears and walking off stage to find his or her mummy... Read More >>

	Father Christmas visits the Red Plum Despite being many thousands of miles away from home, the ships company of HMS Endurance were delighted to see that Father Christmas had not forgotten them. Read More >>

	Recife Naval Academy v HMS Endurance This was the ship’s first game of the 07-09 deployment, so the team lacked any real match practice. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 2 - Arriving in Brazil Images from HMS Endurance as she arrives in Brazil. Read More >>

	Crossing the Line The ceremony of crossing the line is probably one of the world’s oldest Maritime ceremonies and is an initiation rite in the Royal Navy and other navies which commemorates a sailor's first crossing of the equator. Read More >>

	Force for Good Before HMS Endurance left her Portsmouth base for a record, 18-month mission in the Antarctic the teddy-bear mascot presented to the ice patrol ship by Manor Field Infant School, Basingstoke, took his leave of his little friends during a flying visit. Read More >>

	Deployment Cup Every deployment there is a competition between the departments in HMS ENDURANCE for the Deployment Cup. Read on to find out more about the qualities behind the competitors for the 2007/8 HMS Endurance Deployment Cup. Read More >>

	Deployment Gallery 1 - Leaving Portsmouth Images from HMS Endurance as she leaves Portsmouth on her 18 month deployment. Read More >>

	Ice Patrol Ship Starts Her Longest Mission The Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance left her Portsmouth base this morning (Wednesday November 28th) for the longest mission in her history Read More >>

	Deployment Overview HMS ENDURANCE departs for 18 month Deployment .... Read More >>

	HMS Endurance in Dry Dock HMS Endurance undergoes essential maintenance in dry dock .... Read More >>

	Sea Scout Visit HMS Endurance host a visit from the 1st Southbourne Sea Scouts.... Read More >>

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