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Albedo It's 25 degrees F right now, but there are puddles of liquid water turning the volcanic dirt to mud. "Mudd-Murdo" has begun. Just how is it possible that it's 25 degrees- water freezes at 32- and yet there are puddles? Is the thermometer lying? Nope. The air temperature is really 25. The

"Mysterious and spooky ##They're altogether ooky" ##-by Vic Mizzy, The Addams Family theme I've heard it's a bit dark down there, this land under the sea ice where the sea spiders live in the mud at the bottom of the sea floor. The light barely makes it through the 150cm thick ice and

Plankton Today was another awesome day. Our team headed out to "The Jetty" which is only about 1/2 a mile from the station. We had two divers looking for T. pennellii- our fish. Although we had plenty of fish for our original experiments, our scientists have more questions they want to investigate

"She blinded me with science" -Thomas Dolby At 8:30am on Monday we loaded up the PistenBully for another adventure to Evans Wall. After the hour and a half journey over the bumpy snow covered sea ice we arrived at a familiar site, the dive hut at Evans Wall. As we opened the door we found the

Taking it all In Everyday, I try to find a few minutes to absorb the quiet beauty of this continent. Yesterday, we drove the Piston Bullies out to Cape Evans again to dive for fish, sea spiders, and even plankton. While waiting for the divers, I had a few minutes to step outside and just listen to

"I'm gonna get myself connected" -Stereo MCs You've met Amy, Graham, and Aaron. I'm the final person who, for now, is the 4th member of B-307-the marine ectotherm team. I'm here temporarily to learn as much as I can and share what I learn with all of you! As an educator with the PolarTREC

A special Thank You to William Newtown and Captain Steven Kilpatrick for the oportunity to tour the McMurdo Fire Station. McMurdo Fire Station has two engines, in case something goes wrong with the first engine; if there is a big fire on base and they need to do an “all call” where all firefighters

Antarctic Fact of the Day- British explorer, author and meteorologist Felicity Aston was the first person to use only her own muscle power to ski across Antarctica. She made this trek between 2011 and 2012 in just 59 days. The total distance for this expedition was 1,084 miles from the Ross Ice

"Don't stop believin'" -Journey Aaron and Graham are both graduate students in marine biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where they work alongside Dr. Amy Moran. They were both invited to Antarctica to conduct research with Amy. Aaron and Graham are the people I often go to to learn