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We've been doing so much science lately that I've been trying to keep up with in the journals. To show you even more, I've created yet another video for you! This shows you briefly how we are able to dive in Lake Joyce, and also a little bit about the sediment traps we will be deploying within the

Weddell Seal’s Family Before we look at the seal’s family, take a closer look at your family. Do you have brothers or sisters? Parents or grandparents? Aunts or uncles? What about cousins? If so, have you noticed things you have common? You might have similar eyes, nose, hair color, etc. You may

Since we arrived on the ice, we had two days of cold weather training and then our team headed into the field. Because the weather is temporarily cooperating, and we have priority flight -we had two planes Monday through Saturday- our team was able to service two to four stations a day. Clearly this

We have a new member to our scientific team now, who arrived by helicopter a few days ago. Ian Hawes is an aquatic ecologist from New Zealand who has extensively studied the underwater communities of the lakes here in the Dry Valleys. He also has done many projects under the sea ice near McMurdo as

About Antarctica: Weather Conditions This journal is brought to you by… * Charles Powell Community Center * Mrs. N.P. Jackson, Dr. Tarcia Gilliam Parrish, and Mr. Sweeten’s 6-8th grade students at Southside Middle * Ms. Allen and Ms. Williams’ 3rd grade students at Germantown Elementary * Ms

About Antarctica: Ice and Glaciers ICE AND GLACIERS This journal is brought to you by… * Mrs. Lowe’s 3rd grade class at Crosswind * Trey Johnson in 3rd grade at Arlington Elementary * Catherine Hammons 6th grade-block 5 at Lausanne Collegiate School * Andrea Hicks in 7th grade in Homeschool * Mr

It's an unusually cloudy day here at Lake Joyce and the weather is making it feel cold. We have a morning of drilling ahead of us, and an afternoon of diving – a busy schedule! However, I have a few minutes now to respond to some really wonderful questions from Natomas Charter School students in Mr

The Weddell Seal’s Nose This journal brought to you by: Crosswind Elementary Students: * Taylor Dodge in 3rd grade * Alyssa Todd in 3rd grade * Aldair Naranjo in 3rd grade We've seen some seals and they are amazing! I wasn't planning to share this journal until later but since I got such a good

It’s summertime here in Antarctica, and that means 24 hours of daylight. The sun makes a great circle around the sky every 24 hours, and at "night" it dips behind a mountain and we are in shadow, but it never sets. With the longer daylight, the temperatures warm up, although it could never be