Dr Kate Polarbird Kloza

It’s such a special place. That was the last recreational hike our operations team went on before we left. It was such a special day

It’s the Bunger Hills, literally in the caption and in the photo explanation

The silhouette of 5 figures walking up a rocky slope towards a glowing band of sunrise. Grey clouds in the sky, to the left is Camel’s Hump (a rock formation) at Bunger Hills, Antarctica

Been back a month but Bunger Hills will always be in my heart

Deep field work is a particularly special privilege in remote medicine

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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

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

#polardoc

Yum! That’s deliciously festive

A rock with honeycomb holes; Bunger Hills Antarctica

Layers of rock and crystal that formed due to pressure and heat; Bunger Hills Antarctica

Scattered beautiful rocks with camel hump hill in the background; Bunger Hills Antarctica

A rock eroded to have a balancing peak on top of a flatter rock; Bunger Hills, Antarctica

The rocks out here are just incredible. So much morphological drama

This is tafoni - wind erosion holes in rocks

The geologists out here are working hard with their science and generously teaching us

#BungersHills #polarmed

That’s a melon hut. It’s made of fibreglass and curved to withstand the strong winds

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

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

A23a has finally escaped the vortex! 🏊‍♀️🌀

The biggest iceberg in the world is on the move again after a casual half-year sabbatical spent spinning in circles.

Our @magic.bas.ac.uk colleagues have illustrated A23's super circuitous 2024 journey via satellite imagery ⬇️

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At camp until Feb, in Antartica til late Feb/early March depending on flights

days in the low positives. As it's summer and coastal we usually sit between 0 to -5C and it gets colder in low light and overcast days, but warmer in full sun when the UV heats up the surrounding rock

Yes, we're about half way between Casey station and Davis station in East Antarctica. It's a strange little oasis of rock and lakes surrounded by glaciers, so even though we're islands the Shackleton ice shelf prevents our sea ice ever breaking out. Just before we arrived they were having warmish -

It's so much fun, it honestly doesn't feel like work

They are a good size, comfortably sleeps two folks and can get a warm squeeze of three. We're single in the tents so there's room for gear. You can kneel in them but not stand up.

I'm in the medical melon so folks can easily find me overnight if they need assistance

The Antarctic Medical Practitioner position is open until 15th January, but some other positions are closing very soon. It's quite a list, all based off things that have happened over the history of the program

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

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

That’s fabulous! I’ll need to get one

I want a bee hat to drive in, this looks absolutely rad

This is so cool!

Fortunately nowadays that is just a field art to be mastered!

Let’s vaccinate against COVID. It reduces the risk of long COVID. This should be a no-brainer.

That's so cool! I wintered with one of the old tunnel rats at Mawson in 2015, heard lots of amazing stories about the old station

The banana one is adorable

Thanks An 💜

It is! I love them

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I would love that!

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

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

That sounds a lovely night together