PROTECTOR Ready – The Ice Patrol Ship PROTECTOR is ready to make a second deployment to the South Atlantic.   The PROTECTOR returned from the first deployment at the end of June (2012) and will return to patrolling Antarctica on an eight month deployment.  The PROTECTOR will survey the harbour at St Helena en route in preparation for the building of a new jetty in the island.   The PROTECTOR will arrive in Antarctica for the austral summer and will conduct four periods in the ice.   The ship will also assist with the re-supply of British Antarctic Survey stations in the region.