This 12 months’s Davis analysis station chief is Karen Pye. Affectionately generally known as the ‘Riviera of the South’, Davis is a world-away from Karen’s stomping floor in outback Western Australia.“I've by no means been south earlier than so for me that is the primary time, so there's loads of pleasure and I believe some …
This 12 months’s Davis analysis station chief is Karen Pye.
Affectionately generally known as the ‘Riviera of the South’, Davis is a world-away from Karen’s stomping floor in outback Western Australia.
“I’ve by no means been south earlier than so for me that is the primary time, so there’s loads of pleasure and I believe some apprehension,” Karen stated.
“I am actually trying ahead to seeing my first iceberg, the wildlife, the vastness, and I believe it will likely be actually attention-grabbing to expertise the chilly climate.”
Karen started her working life as a geologist flying throughout distant Western Australia.
“Following that I had a roughly 20-year profession with the WA state authorities in an enormous vary of roles from industrial relations, organisational change, native title, technique and planning,” she stated.
“There’s completely some parallels between working as a distant geologist in Western Australia, albeit it’s extraordinarily scorching in WA, and there’s flies and mosquitos. It’s about working collectively to ship an excellent final result, generally in actually troublesome circumstances.”
Away from work, Karen is a passionate wildlife rescuer.
”In Western Australia I particularly concentrate on long-necked turtles – our rescues vary from the heartbreaking to the heart-warming and its very rewarding to have the ability to launch a rehabilitated turtle again to the wild.”
“Turning into a station chief brings collectively so many issues for me. An everlasting curiosity in Antarctica. A background in earth science, a ardour for wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, conservation, and a love of untamed locations.”
Her digicam gear has already been packed to snap the neighbouring seals, penguins and seabirds at Davis.
However there will probably be a number of hobbies that might want to wait till she returns to Australia in a 12 months’s time.
“I am completely going to overlook my household and buddies, however lately I took up studying to fly. The aviation bug is very addictive. So my first plan on return to Australia is to ebook my subsequent flying lesson,” she stated.
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