Our Food
Just like the varied and interesting members of G-063, our food has traveled a long, long way to get here to Lake Joyce. It either flew here on the C-17 as well, or was transported on the…
While our MAIN goal for the field season is to learn more about the effects of sedimentation on microbial mat shapes, there are many other questions that we are collecting data for, and many…
In a recent batch of questions from my students, it seems that many people are wondering more about our daily routine, so I thought I'd share with you a typical day here at Lake Joyce!
We wake up in…
Where to Place the Traps?
We have a little over two weeks left here at Lake Joyce, and we still need to deploy the sediment traps. Remember, our main goal for the field season is to learn more about…
Dear Natomas Charter Students,
I just received my first email from my guest/substitute teacher Mrs. Anderson and I am so excited to hear that you have been enjoying my journals! You asked really…
The Antarctic Treaty was signed nearly 55 years ago on December 1, 1959. A milestone in world history, it remains a shining example of international cooperation. When it was signed, the United States…
Tyler is appearing here as my guest writer for this journal entry!
My name is Tyler Mackey, and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Davis. This will be my…
Scientists have long used models as a way to gain understanding of natural phenomena. As our technology has improved, so have our models. One ingenious tool for modeling objects is the KeckCAVES (…
We have a new member to our scientific team now, who arrived by helicopter a few days ago. Ian Hawes is an aquatic ecologist from New Zealand that this team has collaborated with many times before.…
Up until about 10 years ago, the only known organisms in the lakes of the Dry Valleys were microbes, like the ones we've been studying. It was thought that the glaciers expand and retreat and wipe…
We've been doing so much science lately that I've been trying to keep up with in the journals. To show you even more, I've created yet another video for you! This shows you briefly how we are able to…
We have a new member to our scientific team now, who arrived by helicopter a few days ago. Ian Hawes is an aquatic ecologist from New Zealand who has extensively studied the underwater communities of…
