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Life in the Ice## Imagine living in a place where your home was shrinking for more than half the year, the walls literally closing in on you. For organisms living in Arctic sea ice, this is just one of the many challenges they have to handle in order to survive. However, a diverse community of

"Ice, Ice Baby" -Vanilla Ice Have you ever looked at a map or globe of the world and noticed Antarctica? If you have a map or a globe, grab one now and take a look at it or type it into google maps. It's almost always white! Why? Because most of it is covered in ice! Now, think about what you

The Hut Trail This morning our training was cancelled...so I had time to explore! I walked out to Hut Point about 1/4 of a mile from McMurdo Station. This hut was built in 1901-1904 by the Discovery Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It has been used by several parties, including Shackleton

On October 19th I had the awesome opportunity to launch a weather balloon at McMurdo Station. A special thank you to the NPP Meteorology team for allowing me this opportunity. Photo Credit: Heather Harris Please take a few minutes to watch the video below to learn about the process of launching a

"Just keep truckin' on" -The Grateful Dead At 6:00am I woke with excitement. My heart was pounding a bit as I heard the wind rattle the windows. I looked outside to see a sunny and windy day. I knew it was probably pretty cold out there. I gathered up my layers of clothing...thin long

-37 Degrees Windchill- Welcome to Antarctica! When they say , "the biting cold," now I can truly appreciate where that saying came from. It is -37 degrees windchill outside right now. As I walked down the volcanic rock and packed snow covered road, the wind found every little corner of my face

A very common question is: What is the difference between a seal and a sea lion. Looking at the chart below, you can see three differences. Photo Credit: National Park Service Personally when I look at a seal and a sea lion it is easiest for me to tell the difference when they are moving; seals look

I Made it!! The plane eased down, bumped onto the runway, and powered up again. I know the pilot had said we were going to do a touch and go before we landed, but it felt like ...here we go again. Fortunately, we did circle around and come to a complete stop...IN ANTARCTICA! We finally made it

"We come from the land of the ice and snow" -Led Zepplin Here I am again, with views from the plane of a sea covered in ice and mountainous land with white snow and ice across most of it. I'm so so excited to be seeing this sight again and even more excited that soon I will be able to walk