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Today I went out again with Sam, and also with Elisa who joined us for our afternoon outing. We had set ourselves an ambitious goal: to measure snow accumulation totals at all 162 IceTop tanks across an area of one square kilometer! We actually did about 154 out of 162, and we took all measurements

All about the WAIS (not the treble)! ## ### What is an Ice Sheet? ### You may know that Antarctica is the highest, the driest, and the coldest continent on earth. It's considered the highest, because there are, on average, 2 miles of snow and ice piled on top of the continental land mass. However

After nearly a year since the completion of the NBP 1402 expedition to East Antarctica the Abstract of the findings have been published. The scientists Have completed their reports and have submitted them at the Annual American Geophysical Union held in December in San Francisco. Below is my

I started my day at 3:00 am with the second IceCube webcast, which was done in Spanish and was hosted by Dr. Silvia Bravo of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC). The webcast ran for a full hour and fifteen minutes—including an extensive questions-and-answers session—and was an

I've told you that we are at WAIS Divide, and a little bit about what life is like here, but I haven't told you much about what WAIS Divide is, why it's significant, and why we are doing our research here. So this next series of posts will be your basic primer on the science of WAIS Divide. ##All

Living and working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a unique experience. To give an idea of what the facility is really like, I will provide a short explanation together with a few images from the station. The station sits in an elevated building, as any other kind of construction would

As promised, today's post will be to explain what the IceCube Neutrino Observatory actually does, and why this is important. I will also summarize the events of the day. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is the world's largest and strangest telescope. Hosted by the Wisconsin IceCube Particle

Well, I finally had a picture made of myself at the Geographic South Pole. We have been so busy that I had not come upon a chance until today. It was a selfie picture as there was not anyone around to have a proper photograph taken. Also it was cloudy, so the scenery did not look its best

Design an Expedition Flag Only 2 and a half weeks left to submit your design! We’ve gotten lots of great flag ideas so far. Don’t forget to mail or email in your entry! How to Enter: 1) Download the flag template here. In the provided area, design and draw a flag that you think best represents