We've now had the first official team meeting for the Lake Joyce expedition! After school yesterday, we convened on the U.C. Davis campus to meet each other and discuss the team's science goals for…
Meeting a Microbiologist!
The title of this research project, "Microbialites of Lake Joyce Antarctica", brings to mind a lot of questions: What is a microbialite? What do we hope to learn by…
Can You Hear Me Now...? Or Now....? How about this...?
Being able to call anyone you like, anytime you like, is normal for most of us. But when I'm in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, there won't be…
Museum of the North
During our training today, we traveled to the Museum of the North. Here, we saw wonderful examples of Native American art, which I find enchanting. We also saw a number of native…
I'm so close to the North Pole right now, but I keep thinking about Antarctica! I spent part of my training day today learning about some of Antarctica's extreme conditions:
98% of Antarctica is…
I've finally arrived at PolarTREC training here in beautiful, and cold, Fairbanks, Alaska! Getting to this training was far from easy- it took a very focused desire, a lengthy application and…
