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When I woke up this morning (in my own house back in South Carolina), I had this waiting in my email for me: The last hole at ARA3 was drilled today. I can't believe it's only been 19 days since the very first 210 m dry hole ever was drilled. The ARA team has done amazing things this season (13

Flying home is a sobering thing. I'm really sad to be leaving. I will miss the work - I love drilling - and I will miss the people terribly. To the drillers (Darrell, Terry, Thomas, Dave, Rob, Jim, and James): Thank you for taking me uder your wings and teaching me to drill. I know you don't want

To leave the South Pole, there are a few things you have to do. First, bag drag (i.e. pack up your checked luggage and move it to Destination Zulu aka DZ) by 3pm the day before your flight. Then, go take all the pictures you can stand at the geographic and ceremonial South Poles. Next, say goodbye

I was supposed to leave today but my flight was cancelled! Yay! Going out at lunch time to help out with another ARA3 hole. :)

Days before Christmas, the preparations began. People volunteered to decorate the galley and make Christmas cookies. The cookies were decorated to look like the traditional things (trees, snowflakes, etc) and also like typical South Pole things (like Hercs aka C-130s, the planes that passengers fly

Heading Home I am back at McMurdo preparing to leave the ice and return home. Although there were frequent weather delays, the time spent at the central Beacon Valley site turned out to be an expedition highlight for me in terms of making the Antarctic Dry Valleys/ Mars connection. Feel free to

I hope that some of you check back here, because the big news is that the traverse to the final test site has taken off from McMurdo! They have a trip that will take them 10 to 12 days to complete. Check out the video link below- it's on facebook, so if you have school filters it may be blocked. I'm