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A Fish Tail Dissostichus mawsoni?! What’s that? It’s also known as the Antarctic Toothfish, Antarctic Cod, and Chilean Sea Bass. It can grow to be up to six feet long and weigh over 300 pounds . They can live for 50 years or longer. This fish is also being taken from Antarctic waters, especially

Hi to everyone. We’ve had several busy days and I didn’t get anything written so I want to do a quick entry to update you on what we’ve been doing at WISSARD. ##Light Vehicle Training If the students that are reading my journals are thinking “He’s lucky – no school”, it’s not true. There is a

Going to Antarctica today!

Last night, my roommate got orders to report an hour earlier than scheduled this morning for the flight to McMurdo (the American station on the coast of Antarctica). Another person got orders to not report at all today because he'd been bumped to Friday's flight. I didn't receive any orders at all

On February 22, 2011, Christchurch experienced a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated the city and the eastern suburbs. Christchurch itself sits on massive deposits of gravel (due to glaciation - the changing of the land caused by the movement of glaciers). The eastern suburbs are primarily on

New Zealand is an interesting place to visit. In some ways, it's very similar to home. The airport looks the same. There are Subways, McDonald's, Burger Kings, bottles of Coke, Nissans and Fords, ducks, grocery stores, speed limit signs. (Right now I'm sitting in a Subway and the only way I can tell

A journal in two parts. ##CDC This morning, all of the USAP (US Antarctic Program) participants went to the CDC (Clothing Distribution Center) to be briefed on a couple things, like waste management, our flight times, and wildlife, and we also went to get our cold weather gear. Here's all of the

Rocks and Deserts This journal is all about desert processes that involve bouncing (sand grains blown by the wind), growing (salt crystals growing as brines evaporate), and fracturing (thermal fracture caused by temperature changes). These processes produce unique features that are found in rocks

Mystery Photo Today the weather is not great. It's 28 degrees F, so not very cold, but winds are 19-20 mph and there are low-lying clouds and poor visibility with a chance of higher winds, so a lot of people that would normally be out in the field are staying here in town today. I saw this really

As is typical at the edge of the planet, things change quickly. Yesterday afternoon my team got word that our flight to the field has was bumped up to the morning. had hoped for a couple more days to prep at South Pole Station before heading out, but around here you have to go when they say go. I