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Freedom of the City
Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance has been granted the freedom of Portsmouth at a special ceremony on Saturday 23rd June.
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Deployment Cup
The last event of the 2006/7 Deployment Cup was the Obstacle course. This was a course designed by Clubz and to include transporting Fred, Endurance’s man over board dummy to test every team’s stamina on the course as they carried Fred around with them.
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Fancy Dress BBQ
To mark the end of their nine month deployment, the ship’s company of HMS Endurance held a fancy dress BBQ on their last Saturday night at sea.
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Deployment Cup
Since leaving the icy cold weather of the Antarctic, the deployment cup has continued in typical fashion, with all 6 departments battling it out in the sun!
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International D.O.V.E.
International D.O.V.E. (Development, Orphanages, Vocational and Education) is a Canadian based charity that in its first 5 years has helped over 100 children in Sierra Leone. Desperately in need of volunteer assistance to maintain and further their work, the Royal Navy has been assisting D.O.V.E. through the Civilian and Military Cooperation (CIMIC) scheme for several years.
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BAS Project Update
In January, the HMS Endurance put Sledge Romeo (a joint team of British Antarctic Survey and University of Leicester scientists and field assistants) into the field at James Ross Island.
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Turtle Rescue
After a few emails back and forth on the turtle grapevine, we have
settled on the identification of our rescued turtle as an Olive Ridley turtle: Lepidochelys olivacea.
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Boankra Village, Ghana – Restoration Project
The Ship’s Company of HMS Endurance helped renovate and refurbish a nursery school in Boankra village, 4 hours north of Tema in Ghana, 11-12th May.
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Deployment Gallery 33 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 32 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Turtle Rescue
At 0855 hours today keen eyed AB Craig, from his position on the bridge, spotted a turtle on the starboard side. The creature struggling as it had become entangled in a fishing net. It is customary in these waters for fishermen to leave their nets drifting and the unfortunate turtle had obviously not realised the trap when he swam towards it. Nearing exhaustion the turtle was paddling on the surface dragging the heavy net behind it.
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Masiphumelele, Cape Town
Masiphumelele (pronounced Masi-pu-ma-layli) means “we will succeed” in Xhosa. The spirit of endurance was needed by the residents for decades and these words are still an expression of their hope of better times to come.
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Deployment Gallery 31 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Diving with Great White Sharks
During HMS Endurance’s visit to South Africa, POAC Andy Johnstone achieved a personal dream of diving with Great White Sharks.
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Deployment Gallery 30 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Flight Update 3
212 Flight, the twin aircraft flight of HMS ENDURANCE, is approaching their 8th month of a 9 month deployment. The last major task in the ice was establishing a stores depot consisting of 10 tonnes of fuel and on top of Mount Haddington at 5200’ on James Ross Island on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Deployment Gallery 29 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Flat Stanley goes to Antarctica
Stanley Lambchop is flattened by a falling bulletin board. He survives and makes the best of his altered state and soon he is sliding into rooms through the opening at the bottom of closed doors and being kind to his younger brother by playing as a kite for him. Stanley even helps catch some art museum thieves by posing as a painting on the wall! But one special advantage is that Flat Stanley can now visit his friends by being posted in an envelope.
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Deployment Gallery 28 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 27 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 26 by CMEM(M) Pete Morewood
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Deployment Gallery 25 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 24 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 23 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 22 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 21 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 20 by LA(METOC) Andrew Murphy
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Deployment Gallery 19 by POAC Andy Johnson
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Captain R K Tarrant Royal Navy
Born in Guildford in 1961 and educated at Cheltenham College, Bob Tarrant joined the Royal Navy in 1979. He served in the destroyer HMS Antrim in the Falklands conflict in 1982 while still under training, after which he volunteered for the submarine service.
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Engineering Update
The end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 has seen much activity from Endurance's Engineering Department.
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Deployment Gallery 18 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 17 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Humpback Whales
These amazing photographs were taken by our Lynx Observer Lt Stimpy Simpson.
They show humpback whales feeding on krill. Humpbacks have a number of feeding techniques. They will either swallow krill as they cruise along just under the surface, or they lunge upwards at them from below.
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212 Flight Update for January 2007
The morning of the 1st of January saw HMS ENDURANCE alongside in Rio de Janeiro but preparing to sail. The majority of the Flight team was back on board with the exception of those who had flown home for Christmas and were due to re-join in the Falklands.
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Deployment Gallery 16 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Winter Olympics
The Rothera Winter Olympics is an annual event, keenly fought between the ship’s company of HMS Endurance and those living at the base in Rothera.
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Endurance Assists Damaged Cruise Ship
Portsmouth-based Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Endurance has gone to the assistance of a cruise ship damaged after grounding at remote Deception Island off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Deployment Gallery 15 by LA(METOC) Andrew Murphy
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HRH The Princess Royal in Rothera by LA(PHOT) Kelly Whybrow
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HRH The Princess Royal on HMS Endurance
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Wht Don't Penguins Feet Freeze ?
The answer is because they are much better adapted to life in cold places than humans are.
To find out how much better you will have to do some more research but the fact is that if we stood on the ice like a penguin does, we would get severe frost bite.
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Deployment Gallery 14 by CMEM(M) Pete Morewood
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212 Flight Update for December 2006
HMS ENDURANCE sailed from Mare Harbour (Falkland Islands) on 29 November having re-fuelled and re-supplied ready for the next work period. The time alongside had again been very busy.
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A Royal Visitor
The Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is hosting HRH The Princess Royal in Antarctica.
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Deployment Gallery 13 by POAC Andy Johnson
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Deployment Gallery 12 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Beard Growing Competition
With the Captain’s permission facial hair was seen in all departments and on all decks. After six weeks a few chaps were told that their beards weren’t up to much and had to be shaved off.
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Deployment Gallery 11 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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BSES Expeditions – Antarctic Recce 2006
Following the successful BSES programme on the Antarctic Peninsula and battlefield tours on the Falkland Islands, the new group of 6 recce leaders (they lost 3 and gained 1 in the Falklands) went ashore for a 2 week period on South Georgia.
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Antarctic Fur Seals Caught on Camera
A remarkable digital snapshot of massive numbers of Antarctic fur seals is helping British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists carry out a wildlife census on the subantarctic island of South Georgia. It is estimated that up to 4 million fur seals, 95% of the world’s population, breed on this small island in the Southern Ocean
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Deployment Gallery 10 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Christmas Update
Endurance returned home from the 05/06 Antarctic Deployment on 5 May 2006 and after five months of hectic regeneration work, leave and OST, she is once again on task in Antarctica. This has been a tremendous achievement and full credit must go to NBC Portsmouth, FSL, SFM(P), MPHIPT and, of course, the Ship’s Company for enabling the ship to sail on time for her inaugural 9 month deployment.
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Deployment Gallery 9 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deployment Gallery 8 by CMEM(M) Pete Morewood
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Exercise Shackleton’s Trail
After all the planning and preparation for EX SHACKLETON’S TRAIL we were relieved to finally be setting out. At 1030 on Friday 8th December we boarded the Lynx helicopter for a 10 minute flight to King Haakon Bay, the starting point of the trail.
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Deployment Gallery 7 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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New Island
New Island is the most south westerly of the Falkland Islands. It is an island of peat covered in grass with shrubs but no native trees. Around its fringe are white sand beaches lapped during our visit by deep blue water that turns choppy and steel grey in bad weather. There are also rocky cliffs where colonies of Rockhopper penguins and Black-browed albatross are currently settled to raise this year’s young.
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Deployment Gallery 6 by Lt Scott `Stimpy' Simpson
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British Antarctic Survey research supported by HMS Endurance. Workperiod 1, 2006.
A joint team of BAS and University of Durham scientists joined HMS Endurance in October to carry out research in the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. They are researching climate change and its impact on global sea level.
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Deployment Films
HMS Endurance’s 2006/7 deployment on film by Lt Scott `Stimpy’ Simpson
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Children In Need
To celebrate this year’s Children in Need night, HMS Endurance took Pudsey Bear to Antarctica and set about raising funds to support the BBC Children in Need Appeal.
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Deployment Gallery 5 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Remembrance Sunday
A Service of Remembrance was held onboard HMS ENDURANCE on Sunday 12 November 2006 after a busy day conducting tasking in the South Shetland Islands.
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Diving in Antarctica
The team are able to carry out minor engineering and survey tasks on ENDURANCE’S hull as well as offering underwater assistance to the other boats operated by the Ship in the event of props becoming fouled or damage to their hulls etc. The team are also used to operate the inflatable W525 boats as directed by Command and weather conditions.
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Deployment Gallery 4 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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King George Island
HMS Endurance recently paid an informal base visit to the Chinese research station on King George Island called Chang Cheng/Great Wall.
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Deployment Gallery 3 by LA(PHO) Kelly Whybrow
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Deception Island
Deception Island is an active volcano, located in the South Shetland Islands, off the coast of Antarctica. The island is located at 62º 57’ S 60º 36’ W and has a distinctive horseshoe shape, formed when a violently explosive eruption caused its summit to collapse, resulting in a large flooded caldera open to the sea through a narrow channel called Neptunes Bellows.
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Rugby Match Report
On a hot and humid Saturday morning, HMS ENDURANCE rugby team arrived at the home of the United Services Argentina rugby ground, and were welcomed by a senior Argentine Naval Officer. On arrival Endurance were impressed with the pitch and the changing facilities and were well looked after with plenty of water being thrown their way!
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Football Match Report
On arrival in Buenos Aires we were looking forward to playing a competitive match in a foreign country with our new Portsmouth football kit. After being at sea for over two and a half weeks, we were more than ready for a game and it came in the form of matches against the Argentine Warship Ara Almirante Iriza.
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Deployment Cup 2
Event 2 of the 06-07 Deployment saw six teams raring to compete for more points towards the Deployment Cup.
The latest event in the competition was the `NBCD It’s a Knockout’ competition with teams from all of Endurance’s Depts.
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Deployment Cup
Every deployment there is a competition between the departments in HMS ENDURANCE for the Deployment Cup.
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Update from the Engineers
Following our return to Portsmouth at the beginning of May, all thoughts of Argentine dry docks and victorious Deployment Cup campaigns were put firmly behind us; it was now time to prepare ourselves for the upcoming Fleet Time Support Period (FTSP).
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HMS Endurance Match Action
While Pompey are enjoying their best ever season in the Premier League known to generations of supporters, we bring you an exclusive match report from Endurance’s very own Harry Redknapp, `Scouse’ Weedon. As Endurance’s 2006/7 deployment unfolds, Scouse will bring you first-hand reports of the Ship’s football team in action from around the globe.
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Helicopter winching exercise by LA (Phot) Matt Ellison
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Deployment gallery
Images from HMS Endurance's 2006/7 Deployment by LA (Phot) Matt Ellison
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The Edinburgh Cow
Herd the Moos? HMS Endurance has acquired a stowaway from CowParade, Edinburgh!
CowParade, is the world’s largest public art event. This one of a kind spectacle is a fantastic collection of life-size fibreglass cows strikingly painted and decorated by the best designers and artists from cities around the world.
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Portsmouth Football Club Partners HMS Endurance
The Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Vessel, HMS ENDURANCE, is pleased to announce an exciting new working partnership with Portsmouth Football Club to promote healthy lifestyle choices to children within the Portsmouth area.
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Freedom of the City
Portsmouth is to grant its highest honour to HMS ENDURANCE. The Freedom of the City is a civic honour and represents the highest award that is in the power of the city to bestow and Councillors have agreed to grant the honour to HMS ENDURANCE.
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