Aaron Toh looking through a microscope and Graham Lobert taking notes in the lab at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
"Don't stop believin'" -Journey Aaron Toh looks at embryos through a microscope as Graham Lobert takes notes in the Crary Lab at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Aaron and Graham are both graduate…
Dr. Amy Moran pulling back her hair getting ready for a dive.
"Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when you're living out a dream" -from the Lego movie by Tegan and Sarah When I stepped off the bus on…
view of buildings at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
"There's always something there to remind me" -performed by Dionne Warwick and Naked Eyes Beep beep beep...my watch alarm goes off at 5:50am. I drag myself out of bed, put on a t-shirt and some…
Amy Osborne begins to drop a large net with a bottle at the bottom into a hole in the ice.
"Let's go fly a kite Up to the highest height! Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let's go fly a kite!" -from Mary Poppins, written…
Nudibranch in the Crary Aquatic Lab
"What about everything?" -Carbonleaf I like sea spiders but I LOVE nudibranchs. Their name is cool, they can be very colorful, and I can gaze at their flowing movements for days. Let's learn a bit…
Sea spiders on a rock
"We come from a land down under" -Men At Work Sea spiders (Ammothea glacialis) which are in a class all their own called Pycnogonida hang out on a rock in the lab. Photo courtesy of A. Toh. I…
Amy looking out the window of the Crary Lab library at sea ice and mountains in the distance.
"And breathe...just breathe" -Anna Nalickr It's 7:20am and I take a moment to sit and breathe as I gaze out the window of the Crary Lab at the sea ice. This is one of my favorite places to write and…
Amy Osborne eating a small sliver of sea ice.
Blowing snow crosses ice Fog hovering above white ocean Entranced by harsh beauty A view of Ross Island from across the sea ice near McMurdo Station, Antarctica Welcome to poetry Friday! I…
Amy Osborne standing on the sea ice in Antarctica
"Break on through to the other side" -The Doors I woke up to another windy day. The night before I put all of the clothes out I would be wearing the next day. "Bring your entire ECW kit" was the…
Amy Osborne in front of sea ice.
"Ice, Ice Baby" -Vanilla Ice Have you ever looked at a map or globe of the world and noticed Antarctica? If you have a map or a globe, grab one now and take a look at it or type it into google maps…
Amy Osborne in the driver's seat of a Pisten Bully.
"Just keep truckin' on" -The Grateful Dead At 6:00am I woke with excitement. My heart was pounding a bit as I heard the wind rattle the windows. I looked outside to see a sunny and windy day. I knew…
Amy Osborne at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
"We come from the land of the ice and snow" -Led Zepplin Amy Osborne in front of the sea ice at McMurdo Station, Antarctica Here I am again, with views from the plane of a sea covered in ice and…