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Rosetta Ice Pod flights, something I knew very little about before deploying, are our last activity yet to be accomplished. Weather has to be near perfect or the flights will not go out. We actually boarded the LC-130 last week in preparation for the flight, but unfortunately, never took off due to

Virtual white-out today. Both runways are listed as condition 2. I am so happy that we were able to get our snowmobile ride in yesterday. A storm was predicted for Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, but I think today is the day. This will delay our icepod flight once again, but I am confident we

Finally, it happened. I saw penguins today and not just one, but a sum total of 12 and in both varieties that inhabit this area. It was fantastic. Shout out to Elaine Hood, who, on her only day off, took us out in frigid temps on the snowmobiles this morning and spent four hours with us on the ice

Up, Up and Away (toward Lorne Automatic Weather Station) This journal entry is a rather exciting one for me as it describes my first venture to an Automatic Weather Station (AWS). Many of the Automatic Weather Stations in Antarctica are dispersed across the continent and require some means of

My fingers are numb and my toes are throbbing with icy coldness. I am once again in the deep freeze of -21˚C with a significant head wind thanks to the fans. I am fully garbed in big red and five other layers as well as two pairs of wool socks and still, the cold finds a way to seep in. Thankfully

A padlocked opening of a small tube large enough for a single, average-sized person sits on top of the sea ice on the Ross Sea in McMurdo Sound. The tube is green and looks odd sitting on the pristine white of the ice. If you didn't know what the object was, you might miss it or at least overlook it

New experiences claimed my day. Starting bright and early at 7am, there was a fire drill for our residence hall. Yes, we have to practice those just like everyone else. Thank goodness the temp wasn't brutally cold as I left my room in pj pants and my big red coat. Thankfully, I had left my hiking

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (around Observation Loop) This is the city. McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Well, not technically a city but as you can see from the photo below, all of the buildings are clustered together and in near proximity to each other, similar to the landscape of most cities