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The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Antarctica remained a mystery until the early eighteen and nineteen hundreds when explorers first began looking for land in the far south latitudes. Among the most well known of the early expeditions was that of Admiral Sir James Clark Ross. In 1839 he

Here are some unique, fun, informative, and educational facts about McMurdo Station. ##The nickname for McMurdo is Mactown ##McMurdo Station is built on volcanic rock Look at the photo below and notice the rock I am standing on and the ridge behind me. ##McMurdo has a desalination Plant McMurdo is

I arrived a couple days ago where I met up with science educator and penguin researcher Jean Pennycook. Jean has been coming to Antarctica for eleven seasons and the Adelie penguin colony is her most recent project. You can check out Jean's work and educational materials she has developed at http:/

I spent the last two days at "Happy Campers" Training. This is a two-day intensive field course on how to survive outdoors in the Antarctic. This includes a few hours of in-class training, and then it's off to the snow about 5 miles outside McMurdo Station. While there you learn how to set up Scott

Today we spent the day in the office because our flight was postponed. Now tomorrow we are top priority again and if the weather holds out we will put in another station. With our free time we walked around town, put some items in cargo for Mario Zuchelli, and played Frisbee golf. The Frisbee golf

Confessions As an introduction I have a confession - I wish I'd known the opportunities that I'd have here in Antarctica before I got here. If I'd had the insight that I have now, I would have built my journal entries around the categories I've listed below: * WISSARD - my project. This is my

I have spent the last couple days working very hard to get our seismic stations ready for the field. The entire team is pulling 12 to 16 hour days to be ready to fly at any moment. The weather here is so unpredictable that the flight schedule changes constantly. On any day we can get the call that

The Ice Flight Since this is my second trip to the ice, I can say with some authority that one of the hardest parts of the Antarctica experience besides the weather is the logistics of juggling luggage - which bag to carry on the plane, which to check in, and which to select as a boomerang bag