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First leg of the journey south begins! On the coach to Launceston to meet the flight to Casey later this week

Feels funny to be going north to head south, the excitement is building 🐧💜

#polardoc
A white woman wearing a pink headband, lilac jumper and n95 mask js sitting in a coach. She is smiling with her eyes
November 18, 2024 at 11:49 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Here is a penguin

It’s an Adélie penguin

It’s my placeholder penguin til I can sort my photos from an epic day out walking on the sea ice around the Swain Island group ~40 minutes away from Casey station

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A group of 5 adelie penguins are standing on snow on the sea ice. In the back ground are brown rocky outcrops, these are the Swain Islands. The sky is blue with no clouds. It’s a perfect Antarctic summer day
November 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Solo doctoring in very remote and cold places where evacuation is weeks to months, penguins and seals, auroras, icebergs and polar science fan girling (and field assisting)

#polardoc #maccadoc
cupcakesarenice.bsky.social Sarah Cupcakes @cupcakesarenice.bsky.social · Nov 12
I have a game. What were you "known" for on Twitter?

I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
November 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
I’ve created a wilderness/remote med feed. #wildmed, #remotemed, and #polardoc will pick up your posts for the feed!
4 people dressed in polar clothing standing the foreground with a scree covered mountain behind them
November 13, 2024 at 11:27 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Looking for wilderness medicine and remote medicine feeds? I’ve created one, use the tags #wildmed #remotemed and/or #polardoc.

From search and rescue to remote medical clinics all are welcome!

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November 14, 2024 at 5:48 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
If you want to hear me yarn for a few minutes about how rad Antarctica is have a listen to this interview I did this afternoon on ABC RN Drive:

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#polardoc #wildmed #GPSky
Want to work for the Australian Antarctic Division? - ABC listen
The Australian Antarctic Division is in recruitment drive at the moment for more than 200 tradies and four doctors. So what do you need to know?
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Lunch outside in the shade, enjoying bare feet on the grass in the park, and eating salad

Best part of waiting for Antarctic flight weather windows is making the most of the little things you can’t do while south 💜🐧

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Photo shows a street in Launceston. The frame is dominated by a large leafy green tree casting shade on outdoor tables. The sky is bright blue with no clouds. There’s terraced buildings lining the street, and cars travelling on the road
November 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
18 days in the deep field at Bunger Hills and it was definitely time to wash my hair: at this point it has gone from festival hair (with dry shampoo) to festy hair

Now I’m fresh, glam and fruit scented

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A red and yellow polar pyramid tent with white bunding on the floor. There are 2 bright blue tubs in the bunding along with bottles of shampoo and conditioner and washing water buckets A grey bucket with soapy water in it A white woman with short brown curly hair and a purple jumper and sunglasses stands in front of a polar pyramid tent. Her hair is freshly washed
December 27, 2024 at 9:35 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Reading “Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow” while sitting in a camp chair in the lee of the medical melon

Outfit is UV protection on this beautiful -4C slightly breezy sunshine day in the Bunger Hills

Yes, that is my laundry between the flags

#polardoc #wildmed #antarctica
A selfie of a woman with a floral face covering, blue glacier glasses, purple wide brim sun hat, teal microdown jacket and black carhart overalls sitting in a deck chair in front of a red fibre glass melon building The circular window of the red fibreglass melon hit, a blue deck chair on rocky ground overlooking an Australian and Canadian flag with washing stung up between the poles. In the background a yellow polar dome tent, and the sea ice
December 16, 2024 at 6:22 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Saying g’day to my penguino buddies at the Antarctic Circle

Rather apt as I began my polar career at Casey and had a photo shoot with outgoing winter doctor at this very same sign 14 years ago

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A yellow metal sign with the words “Antarctic Circle” cut out from and two metal penguins sitting on top sits in the snow of Antarctica. A white woman dressed in a beanie, yellow and black bib and brace and a black thermal top is high giving the penguins It’s a perfect day in Antarctica A white woman dressed in yellow and black bib and brace, a black thermal and a purple beanie is leaning against a yellow metal sign that says Antarctic circle. There are two metal penguins on top of the sign. The sign casts a shadow onto the white snow behind
November 27, 2024 at 9:12 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Job applications for expeditioners for the 25/26 season (and 26/27 season for doctors) are now open!

Come live and work in one of the greatest wild places on earth

#polardoc #wildmed #GPsky

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November 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
The unseen but critical aspect of wilderness and expedition medicine: preparing and packing your kit before you go

No matter how large or small trip, prior preparation determines your success and safety

#wildmed #remotemed #polardoc
On the right hand side are bright coloured red and green cordura rectangular bags - these are remote first aid kits. Next to them are an assortment of cardboard boxes and black nally bins This is kit to be organised and packed In the back are big black space cases, in front of them are beige space cases with boxes on them. This is medical kit waiting to go to the deep field
November 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
One of the things I love about working in Antarctica is each season we design a logo for our station or field team

This is the one for DTC 24/25

I can’t wait to wear it #polardoc
A yellow circle with the text “bunger hills, Antarctica, DTC 2024-25 78th ANARE” enclosed an imagine of a yellow polar pyramid tent on snow with ice behind it. In the background is a snow covered mountain
November 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
I created a wilderness and remote medicine feed, tagged to #wildmed #remotemed #polardoc

Still new here and figuring out how I generate a link to it
November 14, 2024 at 12:17 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Like the emperor penguin I live in Antarctica (or the sub-Antarctic like the kings) most of the time and journey home for breaks in between

This season’s #polardoc work is supporting the Denman Terrestrial Campaign at Bunger Hills, Antarctica

I’ll be posting all about it here and on instagram
November 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Found this gorgeous book in the shops today. It tells the story of 4 groundbreaking women biologists who were the first women to go on ANARE expeditions to Macquarie Island

Perfect present for tweens 1/

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Photo is an illustrated book cover showing a red ship with the silhouette of 4 women on the bow. The ship is in blue water, and seabirds fly over head while gentoo penguins look on from the rocky shore. The book is called South with the Seabirds: follow four remarkable women to edge of the world. The author is Jess McGeachin
November 14, 2024 at 7:24 AM
cazsampson.bsky.social
Polardoc? How exciting!! My wonderful and much missed father-in-law was an Antarctic scientist
November 11, 2024 at 11:45 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Phew…flying out to Bunger Hills tomorrow after a crazy week and a bit at Casey station prepping our team’s cargo with the ops and science folk, and checking all my medical kit

Excited to be heading to the deep field

#polardoc
A white woman wearing a purple sun hat, green reflective glasses and a fluorescent rainbow cloud high vis vest over a black thermal top stands in front of a side opening shipping container filled with hard plastic cases for science equipment. It’s a bright sunny day, and there’s snow on the ground with pours of foot prints in it A selfie of a white woman wearing a purple cable knit beanie, green reflective glasses, and black overalls and thermal top. She stands in front of a yellow building with cage pallets of equipment in the open door Dramatic skies over Casey! There’s grey storm clouds with some sunshine out at sea. In the foreground is sastrugi snow rolling down to dark rocks and the navy blue ocean A bright bluebird Antarctic day. The sun is shining, there’s no clouds in the sky and the sun is glowing bright white. The water in the bay is shimmering a rich blue. This is the view from Casey station over Newcombe Bay
December 8, 2024 at 6:54 AM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
Deep field camp life is all hands on deck working together, regardless of your job

I spent the morning setting up tents with our comms operator and the afternoon pumping water to primary and secondary tanks with the electrician and camp manager

#polardoc #remotemed
A white woman jn a purple hat and sunglasses and black polar clothjng stabds in front of the rock hills of Bunger Hills. In the background are 6 bright yellow polar dome tents. This is the Edgeworth-David field camp in the bunger hills A semi frozen lake is surrounded by a rocky shoreline. In the distance are snow covered hills. The sky is bright blue with some fluffy clouds. This is our water supply A white woman wearing black carhartt overalls and a purple hat is holding a right angled piece of water pipe attached to a blue water hose, behind her are 3 feet hexagonal water tanks called sputniks. In the background are large temporary living tents Bright yellow polar tents are scattered across a rocky flat in front of a snow covered hill. This is our tent city
December 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
drpolarbird.bsky.social
The essentials of #polardoc life

The canned stuff tastes best, followed by the 600ml bottles. Fountain mix is a hard no

Only thing missing is an orange, but this is what the crew of the Nuyina handed to me on boarding from Macca and my heart nearly burst
A photo of a yellow banana sitting next to a can of Diet Coke. It is sitting on non slip matting indicating its somewhere on a ship
November 12, 2024 at 5:58 AM