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Welcome to Christchurch! It only took about 34 hours for me to get from Springfield, MA USA to Christchurch, New Zealand. My journey started in Hartford, CT and I flew to Houston, TX than a 15-hour flight to Auckland, New Zealand and one final flight to Christchurch. After my flight arrived I

The Core of It All## Ice coring. There is a LOT of sea ice coring happening through MOSAiC. To do this, scientists use a tube-like tool with teeth on the end to drill from the top to the bottom of the sea ice. After the drilling is done, the tool holds a cylinder of ice. Then they carefully

BonVoyage With only days left until my departure, I was treated to BonVoyage parties this week! First, our school staff had an afterschool "meeting"...otherwise known as a BonVoyage painting party. Of course, we painted this fun Antarctica scene. I'm so blessed to have colleagues that are so

On the Ice!## Fedorov set up our first site on the ice yesterday! The day opened with a beautiful sunrise and just got better from there. People were very excited to finally be able to get their research equipment out onto an ice floe and begin collecting data. Today, site L1 of the

"I get by with a little help from my friends" -The Beatles, 1967 In the Southern Ocean, the wind-driven Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) that swirls west to east around Antarctica is the only current that travels around the globe. The path of this current passes by the Indian, Pacific, and

The Ice Castle## The Polarstern found their floe! In a sea of thin ice, they found one of the few pieces in this region thick and big enough to support the science operations and airstrip. They will be mooring to it tomorrow and begin the process of freezing in for the year. It is about 1 mile