The Weather
This entry has mixed content, but it’s a good example of what goes on during a science project.
Today we had a high temperature of 22 degrees and almost no wind! There were mud puddles…
This is a quick video I made at Happy Camper School. There was an earlier posting that had some more information, but I didn't get around to the video for a few days. Many thanks to John and Tim…
A Day of Rest (or play)?
The workweek here is 6 days, Monday through Saturday. Sundays are a day off and most people use the time to sleep in, do laundry, and have some recreation time. All of us…
There are two pictures of buildings at McMurdo below. The first is the Crary Lab building where the main science lab area is. The second is a building occupied by NASA.
Here are your questions:…
It’s A Big Deal!
Antarctica is a unique place, and the nations that are doing research here want to keep it as untouched as possible, at least on the continental areas. Because of this, the…
About this entry
McMurdo Station is an amazing place. It’s really cool to get to know what happens in the background to make things work. I’ll be adding entries to let all of you know about some…
First look at WISSARD Equipment
We took a little field trip out onto the ice today to visit WISSARD – or at least the pieces and parts that will become the WISSARD Drill and equipment for gathering…
Happy!
Most of you who are following me are in school - and I just spent two days in school too! The difference was that at my school the temperature wa F and I spent the night in the school room…
Firsts
This has been one of the most incredible couple of days of my life. Here are some of the firsts that I've experienced:
I've crossed the international date line and jumped ahead one day
I've…
This will be a quick entry. I've arrived in Christchurch,New Zealand after a 15 hour plane ride from Los Angeles, California to Sydney, Australia, then another 3 hours to Christchurch, New Zealand…
Leaving Charlotte
The day has finally arrived - I've left home, I'm sitting in the Charlotte, NC airport waiting for the first leg of my flight. In about 24 hours I'll be in New Zealand.
It's…
Today I spent the entire day telling other educators in my district about my expedition and the types of information that's available from PolarTREC. If everyone I talked to actually follows me in…
