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Today was our first full day of digging with everybody here. We left the cabin at 7:00 this morning and returned around 5:00 in the afternoon. This week is for digging out the warming sides of the snow fences. We had eight people out there today doing not much than digging! And after all of that

Another great day with lots of new experiences on the NASA IceBridge flight. I was invited by the flight crew to join the pilots in the cockpit for takeoff, and of course I jumped at the opportunity. As a young child I wanted to fly more than anything except going to space. There’s just something

I only have a few minutes. We had to return early from our flight today due to an abnormal noise on the aircraft. The issue has been resolved and we are back out in 30 minutes. But here is a video from my flight yesterday. Can you recognize ant of the glacier features? More to come!

As I write, we’re about 15 minutes away from landing after completing an 8 hour mission in southeast Greenland. I keep running the day’s images through my mind. I’ve seen so much today that I’ve never seen before, and for that matter I’ve seen things today that few people ever have. I’ve seen parts

The rest of the Healy Crew has arrived! My friend Andres, from last season liked calling the folks who were here for shoveling, the crew! Best of all Dr. Natali is here and ready to go. She has been very busy making plans for this season in Healy while at the same time preparing for a joint project

Speed 0.8 knots Course 240° Location Bransfield Strait (-62.56427333, -55.98799167) Depth 253 meters Yesterday we finished all scientific operations and we began our journey north back towards Chile. We are slowly maneuvering through lots and lots of ice and hopefully we'll make it

NSTA - means "No Science Teachers Asleep" While my students were sleeping in every day of spring break, I was up at 6:30AM every morning battling against other teachers to grab a coveted seat in yet another NSTA session. NSTA - the National Science Teachers Association - hosted their national

This will be my last Sunday entry for a while, so here is the second and last group of dogs for this part of the expedition. All of the dogs have been great this season. It’s really interesting to watch them having fun pulling the sleds. These are working dogs and enjoy getting out on the trail

Sunday’s are down days for IceBridge Flights, so the team headed to the Russell Glacier ice cap about 10 miles east of town. With the dirt road half covered with ice and the other half puddles of water, it was the most bone-jarring ride I’ve ever had. But worth every bit of it to spend the day at