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Hi to everyone! i just wanted to let you know that I've left McMurdo and am on the way home. Right now I'm in Sydney, Australia waiting for my flight to the U.S. It will be a 15 hour flight that takes me to Dallas, Texas. I'm NOT looking forward to the plane ride, but I'll be happy to be home. By

On my way to the AGO 2 site I thought about my recent time at South Pole Station. As I mentioned earlier when I arrived at South Pole Station it was a challenge for me physically. Hitting the thin cold air was like having 75 pounds placed on my shoulders. South Pole Station is 9603 feet above sea

On Friday, Dec 7th, I boarded an 8 hour long flight to McMurdo station, on the coast of Antarctica. There were 40 people on the plane (a C-130, a military cargo plane flown by the Air Force) and it looked like this: After a few hours, we began to see ice: and then more ice: And then we were in

In many ways the Italian base, Terra Nova, is similar to McMurdo. There are a lot of politics and waiting for weather. When we first arrived, we started installing stations immediately; it looked as if we were going to finish ahead of schedule. Then, numerous weather delays and communication issues

I knew the trip to the South Pole would be a long one. Even if I could fly straight here, it would still be about 7,000 miles. My scheduled flights didn't take me straight here though so I ended up flying for 14,139 miles staring in Spartanburg, SC and ending up at South Pole Station. (It took me

The WISSARD project won’t be using helicopters, but many of the projects do. There is no way you can ignore them. They are thumping around in the sky all day long and the heliport area is just outside the Crary lab where I spend quite a bit of time. To learn more about helicopter operations in the

It occupies my mind, a foreign terrain Lit up by the sun’s rays, 24 hours of light Drawing my imagination south, pulling me toward them The mountains rise through layered clouds Strong, resolute, rising above ice, In stark relief against a blue, cloud streaked sky. Glaciers curve down mountain

I made it to the South Pole! I'll post a lot more details soon. (And I've gotta tell you guys about McMurdo, too!)