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Not Your Average Fill-Up We left Prat Pier in Punta Arenas at 0600 to steam toward the fuel dock. We arrived approximately two hours later and the process of taking on fuel got underway shortly after. Normally, when we take our cars to a gas station, we may fill the tank with 10-15 gallons of fuel

Pulling It Together Today is our last day attached to the pier in Punta Arenas before our 0600 departure tomorrow morning. Both the ship's crew and the science teams are working hard to prepare the ship for the cruise. The ship's crew continues to load supplies, store equipment and finish upgrades

Punta Arenas - A Quick Tour Today I had an opportunity to sneak away from the cruise preparation to briefly explore Punta Arenas. I wanted to feature this town in today's journal because the town and the town's people have been so good to the research team over these past few days. The people of

Collaboration I feel very fortunate that I have the opportunity to work with a number of different research labs during this cruise. Scientists from the University of Rhode Island (URI), Old Dominion University (ODU), the University of South Florida (UFSF) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic

We need an evac Over the course of the summer here in the United States, it was winter in Antarctica and the 48 "winter-overers" at Amundsen-Scott South Pole station were doing their best to stay warm, conduct scientific research, and maintain this, our remotest outpost for research. Then

A Long 31 Hours The trip to Punta Arenas, Chile was long and tiring. My ankles are still deflating from the swelling due to hours in a seated position and I am still unsure of the day of the week or date because I somehow missed an entire day while seated in an airplane. The trip, however, was an

After making it down the Dalton and arriving in Fairbanks, the crew immediately disassembled our materials, stored them in an office at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and headed to take a shower, do some laundry and head to Fred Meyer for provisions. ##Dry Cabins## So

With all of our roots injected, plucked, sorted, packed and shipped, it was time for the Deep Roots team to take a short hike before we headed back to Fairbanks on the Haul Road one last time. Here are a few photos from our last day on the tundra: ##Lichen## Walking through rocky ground cover

Symbiotic relationships are super common in nature – just think of Nemo and the anemone that he made his home. It may seem hard to believe, but plant roots have this same relationship with certain fungi, which are commonly known as [mycorrhizae]( https:/