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Ship's 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. Use the links below to read extracts from the diary. Trafalgar Celebrations Multi Beam Trials Summer Highlights Sonar Investigations A Stormy Life Some Interesting Facts Time Zone Changes Eye of the Storm Remembrance Sunday NBCD Its A Knockout Estrela Visit to HMS Endurance Endurance Encounters QE2 Again! St Ippolyts CE Primary School The Engineering Department News from the Flight Department Photos from the Flight Department Communications in Antarctica Kevin Schafer Christmas Message Endurance meets Ellen MacArthur Photos from the Flight Department Coachhouse Publications Update by Nick Lambert, Captain, HMS Endurance Hydrographic Survey Progress Update from Endurance's Hydrographic Surveyors New Year update from the Flight Department BSES Members’ Expedition to South Georgia A Christmas Day Outing Boat Camp South Georgia Update from the Engineering Department BSES Expedition Summary HMS Endurance contributing to World Meteorology BBC Film Crew Feature BBC – Aerial Filming with HMS Endurance Vertical Photography by Lt Scott ‘Stimpy’ Simpson Endurance Enters Port Foster - Deception Island Loadlifting by the Flight Dept February update from the Flight Department HMS Endurance and the 'Ghost Ship' Maxwell Bay Andy Rouse – Wildlife Photographer Site Guidelines Review Team Antarctic Gallery 2005/6 Deployment Gallery by CMEM(M) Pete Morewood HMS ENDURANCE help Norwegians Restore the South Georgia Husvik Villa 2005/6 Deployment Gallery by POAC Andy Johnson 2005/6 Deployment Gallery Part 2 CMEM(M) P Morewood HMS ENDURANCE Lends a Helping Hand Update from Nick Lambert, the Captain of HMS ENDURANCE Engineering Department Update from Lt Matt Liddell, Engineer Officer 2005/6 Deployment Gallery Part 2 by POAC Andy Johnson Warfare Journal by Lt Russ Abbot Penguin Racing Night Deployment Cup April Update from the Flight Department HMS ENDURANCE help Norwegians Restore the South Georgia Husvik Villa HMS ENDURANCE played a key role in helping the South Georgia Heritage Trust (www.sght.org) restore the old whaling manager’s villa at Husvik. Norway played a leading role in the whaling industry on South Georgia that ended some 50 years ago. The old whaling stations stand in rusting ruins as nature reclaims them. However one or two buildings still remain and are used today by scientific and other expeditions. One building is the Norwegian Manager’s Villa at Husvik. The South Georgia Heritage Trust with a branch in Norway, raised some £50,000 to be used to restore this important Norwegian building. In December HMS ENDURANCE loaded all the Norwegian stores on board in Portsmouth. She then transported them to South Georgia and unloaded them at Husvik by helicopter. The group of Norwegian craftsmen arrived on Friday 10th February with the fishery patrol Sigma. They were: Torolf Stenersen, Torfinn Myhrem, Svein Erik Moe, Henrik Kulms, Knut Evensen, Thomas Blix, AsbjØrn GrØdem, Espen Andeassen, and Hans Kristian Røkenes. During the voyage with Sigma they saw lots of whales. South Georgia is now a whale sanctuary. One group of whales close to Shag Rock numbered 20 or more. The number of sighting would suggest Shag Rocks has been a popular feeding ground for whales this year. When the Norwegian group arrived in Husvik the wind was 50-60 m/sec. They continued to experience high winds, which did disrupt work at times, particularly on the roof. They have renewed the cladding on the walls and the roof; windows are being refurbished and the buildings (Villa and Radio Shack) repainted. Mr. Sternersen reported that there was a lot of rotten wood – beneath the outer cladding. When the works are complete the building will once more be available for use by visiting scientists and expeditions. The project has been made possible through funding from the South Georgia Heritage Trust that had been donated by the Norwegian county of Vestfold and the Sandefjord municipality. Local companies in Norway also gave much generous support to the project. Logistic support was provided by the Norwegian OVDS ship “NordNorge” and the British Royal Navy ship “HMS ENDURANCE”. The Norwegian group finish have mounted a plaque in the entrance of the building bearing the following text: “A team of Norwegian craftsmen from Sandefjord restored the Husvik Manager’s Villa and Radio Shack in February 2006 on behalf of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. Vestfold County, Norway donated funds for the Villa’s restoration. Materials and paint were donated by Norwegian businesses in the Sandefjord area. HMS ENDURANCE transported the materials from Portsmouth and delivered them to Husvik in December 2005.”
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