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Hello everyone! Just to let you all know that I am already getting ready for deployment at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, next to the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. Estimated arrival and departure dates on IceCube are January 6 to January 20. Things are now starting to pick up

Off Into Wild Blue Yonder! We woke this morning to blue skies poking through the blackout curtains and the dulcet sound of helicopters buzzing around McMurdo. As we were in the office, our day, someone from the heliport called and offered to schedule our ride to Lake Joyce— we’re leaving tonight

Grounded! Intermittently, we've had bouts of sunshine the last couple of days... and then the snow blows sideways again. We're all packed up and ready for the field season at Lake Joyce.... but we can't get there because the helicopters are grounded. They will fly low and through the mountains

Astrobiology: Another Cool Polar Science Project Because we are in a bit of holding pattern until we leave for Lake Joyce, I had some time to interview another very interesting scientist here in the Crary Lab. Its really inspiring to talk with the science teams down here! Everyone is so

A McMurdo Vocab Lesson It seems like every institution has its own language and way of identifying things. Like at my school, our Benvenuti Center for the Arts just gets called "The Ben"... So here at McMurdo, there's a whole vocabulary of acronyms and place names that I've had to learn. I'm

A PhotoJournal for You! The weather here has been pretty consistently windy and very cold the last couple of days, and we found out yesterday afternoon that our helicopter flights have been delayed until at least Friday. I used this time to create a photo-journal for you to see what McMurdo's

Other Cool Polar Science Projects I've been spending lots of time in the Crary Lab today, and the place is humming with scientists engaged in very interesting projects. The halls of the building are lined with posters that illustrate the work of teams that come down here. its a pretty unique

Look who’s following! OLPH, Jackson Elementary and Greenbrook Elementary! ### Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) is a Catholic school in Germantown, TN, and has won “Best School in Germantown” for nine years in a row! And if that isn’t enough, it’s the

Flags and Cups, Oh My! The science of the cruise might be over, but science is everything and all the time! Today was styrofoam cup day! Yahoo. I thought for sure we wouldn't get to the cups. The dredge was the only science traveling to the ocean floor, but due to the design of the dredge, there

5000 Pounds of Cargo and Counting Right now, we have an estimated 5000 pounds of cargo, including 700 pounds of PVC pipes for our project. The schlepping is getting serious! Everything has to be rounded up and make its way to the heliport for transporting to Lake Joyce. In preparation, we need to