Hello Trekkers, I am home safe and sound. My beard is a lot longer. Just the fact that I have a beard is kind of funny. At least now it is freshly showered!!! I began by travels home on Tuesday…
Hi Trekkers,Hello from Byrd Surface Camp on the continent of Antarctica Byrd camp location elevation 5230 feet lat. S 80.03 long. W 119.61 Can you find Antarctica on a globe or on a map? I am…
You have met Chad Brown a member of our team from Polar Grid. Data backup man!!! {photo of Chad 1 of 6] He along with Keith Lehigh represent Polar Grid and brought to the field the computer…
If you did all your planning correctly we are ready to go. Now we wait until Lexi determines if the weather in all the locations of our grid, fueling caches, and at Byrd is going to be weather we can…
Hello Trekkers,You've helped set up all the radars and you have loaded them into the plane and tested them. You're ready to fly in the twin otter airplane over areas of West Antarctica Ice Sheet…
Jump to audio Trekkers, I have heard the words "global climate change" exactly once the entire time I've been here in Antarctica. You would think that it would be a popular topic of conversation…
Trekkers, Here is an activity you can do while you are home on holiday or even at school as a science activity. The Situation: The camp is set up for 60 people to be living in tents in…
Merry Christmas, Trekkers, How did you celebrate the holidays? Did you travel, eat, cook, eat, play games, eat, decorate, eat, frost sugar cookies, eat, make new friends, eat, laugh, eat, laugh…
I love Christmas. I really enjoy decorating Christmas trees. Maybe that is why we usually have several Christmas trees in my home. One of the special trees we set up is a live red cedar. I remember…
Trekkers,The CReSIS team had their first official radar flight from Byrd Surface Camp yesterday, December 22, 2009. CReSIS team members Fernando Rodriguez - Morales and Cameron Lewis, along with…
Trekkers, Ben Toth, camp manager, at Byrd Surface Camp Imagine that you could climb inside a giant ball that is painted the color of milk. Inside that ball would be totally white. There is no…
Believe it or not Trekkers, I have spotted Santa. He was playing bass in a 3 man combo at a charity event sponsored by the women of McMurdo Station. Notice Santa on bass Santa moonlights in…