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Moving to Threads threads.net/@hughes_matt?inv… Occasional Antarctican | Tower Operations Supervisor at the Rothera Research Station

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Matt Hughes@Hughes_Matt
3 Nov 2023
Rothera Ops: Your watchful eyes on aviation operations in the Antarctic Great to get this Kenn Borek Basler and two other aircraft enroute to their destinations deeper in the Antarctic yesterday morning.
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Yeah, Twitter’s fucked isn't it. I've hardly used it since coming back from Antarctica. It’s just not a nice place. I don't get the information I used to enjoy and interacting with lovely folk. I’ll start spooling up more on Threads. Join me threads.net/@hughes_matt?inv…

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13.6K Followers • 78 Threads • Occasional Antarctican | Tower Supervisor at the Rothera Research Station for @britishantarcticsurvey | Interested in Ecology and Space Exploration. See the latest...

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In some locations temperatures have ‘reached 28C above expectations’. I believe the phrase rhymes with ‘clucking bell’. theguardian.com/world/articl…

Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

Reported temperatures on continent in midwinter reach 28C above expectations on some days in July

theguardian.com
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Any American ATCOs follow me here. What’s the process after “Possible pilot deviation, I have a number for you”. Just intrigued as to what procedures y’all follow.
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The fact that Reform may actually get a big chunk of the vote this election is deeply concerning when Farage makes comments like this (and many other fallacies on a whole litany of topics). theguardian.com/politics/art…

Nigel Farage claims Russia was provoked into Ukraine war

Farage, who has long been accused of being a Putin apologist, tells BBC Moscow was given excuse by EU and Nato eastern expansion

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A wonderful weekend out and about around Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Matt Hughes retweeted
Victoria Gill 💙💛@Vic_Gill
14 Jun 2024
Want a half-hour escape into #Antarctic wilderness this weekend? Spectacular wildlife & fascinating scientific discoveries on ⁦@BBCWorld⁩ & - in the UK - any time you like on ⁦@BBCiPlayer⁩ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00208w…
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Is the state of the NHS a topic that's going to influence your vote? I’d recommend ⁦@Kevin_Fong⁩’s podcast series ‘The NHS: Who Cares?’ to get an informed update on the state and potential futures of the NHS. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001n…

BBC Sounds - The NHS: Who Cares? - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The NHS: Who Cares? on BBC Sounds.

bbc.co.uk
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Pretty cool seeing two of my photos appear in @AviationWeek’s Photo Issue magazine. Does that make me a published photographer now then?
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The Dash taxiing in on its last inbound flight of the season back in March. Quite a beautiful machine, don't you think?
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I'm reading The Future of Geography at the moment. Have generally been happy reading the rest of Tim Marshall’s work but this screams of being rushed, poorly researched, bad grammar etc. Rather disappointing. Has anyone else read it at all?
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Very almost didn't make that milestone!
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Matt Hughes retweeted
Count Binface
@CountBinface
22 May 2024
It’s meant to be.
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Back in Cambridge for a few days. Love how the bookshops are open late here.
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Adelaide Island looking wonderful in this Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar image recently. You can even make out individual icebergs and sea ice developing off to the south west. 📷@CopernicusEU @esa @polarview
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Another crazy serious runway incursion in America, this time at Orlando! youtube.com/watch?v=sPUN4Lbm…
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The property I'm moving into next week was online for only 4 hours... Renters in race for homes as listing time slashed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxr3…

Renters in race for homes as listing time slashed

Two-bedroom flats were listed for 35 days before the pandemic, but the average has dropped to 25 days.

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Nice to see the results of a science project a few years ago starting to be published. This research was conducted near Fossil Bluff. Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica news.uchicago.edu/story/scie…

Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica

Increased temperatures from climate change cause ponds that weaken ice, expedition finds

news.uchicago.edu
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The whole paper available here: Observed meltwater-induced flexure and fracture at a doline on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4aZ0SNz
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Ugh. Frustrating seeing this mess start to crop up more at our beaches again. This at Watcombe beach @Torbay_Council.
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Pretty delighted to have seen this Goosander and her chicks on the River Otter yesterday.
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