A voyage to remember was how Jaana Tarma described her trip to the Antarctic ice. Jaana stayed at the Ukrainian Vernadsky research station, and the directions for how to get there from Serps are at this link.
The base was renamed Faraday Station in August 1977 in honour of British scientist Michael Faraday. And Faraday made a key contribution to swimming. In 1996, Ukraine took over operation of the base station.
In swimming terms we have a lot to thank Faraday for; in 1823 he was the first person to liquify the gas chlorine, a key chemical for making water safe to swim in. Faraday was more famous for building the very first electric motor, and the first generator and transformer of electricity.
But can we see evidence of Jaana wearing her Serpentine club hat on that far away Faraday place? And did she have a swim? At least we can be sure she had an ice time.
[John Tierney]
