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Around the City With over 350,000 people, Christchurch is the largest city on the Southern Island. Of course, that would be somewhat small compared to say Washington D.C. (650,000 people) or New York (a whopping 8 million people). Things are little different here in New Zealand. It’s a busy city

There has been a bit of training necessary for PolarTREC to get me here. My guess is that the NSF and USAP aren't comfortable with just letting my absent-minded self wander around Antarctica aimlessly. Last year I went up to Fairbanks, Alaska for training. Fairbanks is where the Arctic Research

Fresh Fruit from Nelson After a night in Nelson, we made our way west towards Abel Tasman National Park. We couldn’t help but stop and get some fresh fruit at one of the small stands along the way. The blackberries melt in your mouth, the apricots are perfectly ripe, and the cherries are tart and

Help Wanted: Heavy Equipment Operators willing to work in an extreme environment. Must be willing to work long hours six days a week. Job requires living on site for five or more months at a time. There will not be any cell phone service at the work site and there will only be limited internet

My ice flight finally arrived! Boarding an LC-130 is very different from a commercial plane. The LC-130 is an Air Force modified C-130 Hercules, basically it is a military transport. The flight is not designed for comfort. Hearing protection is required and you are given a bag lunch for an eight

Helicopter Ride After two days of weather delays we finally made it out to the field today. When I woke up this morning and saw the clear skies I started to get excited. As people arrived at the lab this morning it became obvious that I wasn't the only one excited for a day in the field. Most

"In short, if all the matter in the universe except the nematodes were swept away, our world would still be dimly recognizable, and if, as disembodied spirits, we could then investigate it, we should find its mountains, hills, vales, rivers, lakes, and oceans represented by a film of nematodes. The

Goodbye Motorcycle Hello Car Sadly, the time had come to return Poppy (the motorcycle) back in Christchurch. Travis and I had a great time riding around New Zealand’s twisting roads. We saw awesome sights, met new friends, and camped in some of the most spectacular places I’ve ever seen. Lucky for

6AM Received a phone call that my Ice flight was delayed 4 hours to 12:30 PM ...11AM Checked out of hotel to prepare for the shuttle to the terminal... 11:15 AM Received word that the flight would be delayed another 24 hours. ...11:15:30 AM Checked back into the hotel. ... It sounds frustrating and

Weather "Mostly dreary becoming dreary today as low pressure to the southwest presses low clouds and snow into the area…Wind should calm with snow falling in earnest by noon-ish…Fog and mist lingers tomorrow morning with a good chance of another bout of light snow by afternoon…" That is today's