Trevor Hamley is the first-time author of ‘Vodka in a Vegemite Jar – an Australian on a Soviet Antarctic Expedition’. Immediately after finishing an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at Monash University, Trevor joined the Australian Antarctic Division as a Glaciologist to winter at Casey in 1978. He then commenced a career in the engineering construction before re-joining the Antarctic Division to participate in a Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1983/84. Trevor formalised his Antarctic exploits by completing a Master of Science degree in Glaciology at Melbourne University in 1987. Trevor is a life-long enthusiast of outdoor activities with creative interests including painting and writing. Trevor lives in Brisbane with Kerry-Lynne with whom he has two sons and three grandchildren.