In 1996 Jane Wasley and Sharon Robinson went to the Australian Antarctic Base at Casey to study the effects of Climate Change on Antarctic Mosses. This was our first visit to Antarctica and we knew that the moss was really abundant – but no one could tell us exactly where it was! The whole area was covered in up to a meter of snow. This photograph shows Jane moss hunting, the high precision tools included an ice axe and 2 shovels. The trail in the foreground shows the previous unsuccessful attempts to track down the elusive plants. In the subsequent 10 years we have never experienced this much snow, possibly this is just natural variation but it could be an indication of climate change.