"The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest expanse of ice-free ground in Antarctica.” This comes from the first sentence of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) Manual.
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I woke up early today to fuel the hotsy. It is like a hungry monster that always wants food. It cycles on and off, but it often seems that it cranks on as it is guzzling the diesel I pour in!…
"The Antarctic is the most beautiful place in the world.” Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Today felt balmy (it got up to 14 F) until the wind switched directions and blew cold air from the east. For a brief…
"Paul Dayton’s contributions to Scripps and the science of marine ecology have been virtually unparalleled,” said Scripps Institute of Oceanography Director Charles Kennel.
Dayton’s career has been…
Yes boys, we will be home again,
But our hearts will still be faithful to this Southern land of ours,
Though we wander in English meadows ‘mid the scent of English flowers,
When the soft southerly…
Today’s quote comes from the outhouse wall again. It is our 4th day in camp, and though we don’t have a smooth routine as every day varies by our main job to do for SCINI science, there are some…
"Dear Dr. Bowser, Thank you. I liked the dynamite. From, Bryan”
This young student's thank you note to Dr. Sam Bowser (who studies Antarctic foraminifera) is on the outhouse wall at New Harbor camp…
We have a great view of Erebus from New Harbor. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, an early explorer with both Scott and Shackleton, described seeing Erebus for the first time. "I have seen Fuji, the most…
"Watch out kids. There's a lot of ice around here." Quote by D.C. in 2005 found on the wall of the Jamesway at New Harbor. He said this after slipping on the ice and landing on his rear end.
We are…
Yesterday we did a lot of packing for our trip tomorrow to New Harbor in the Dry Valleys. I wrote earlier about the logistics of working in Antarctica and how we packed up ALOT of camping gear, fuel…
On Shackleton’s return journey from within 97 miles of the South Pole, they were miles off their course, starving and weak, when by "an almost incredible coincidence the signal flag Joyce had mounted…
Today began with another "Tomato” dive. Nick and Stacy moved the Tomatoes over new dive holes so Stacy could continue collecting samples and photos for her long-term monitoring of the benthic…
