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Speed 6.3 knots Course 189° Location Erebus and Terror Gulf (-63.89313167, -56.49907333) Depth 433 meters Thanks to everyone who joined us for the PolarConnect event. For those of you who weren't able to participate, an archived version of the event will be on the PolarTREC website

I have had several students ask about the water situation in the cabin in regards to showers, the bathroom, and for our kitchen. So I thought that I would show you our set up and talk about how we deal with living in what is called in Alaska, a dry cabin. There are many houses, apartments, and other

Today we took some time off and made a trip to Denali National Park and Preserve. It’s a beautiful place this time of year, which is really the only time of year that I have been here in the last several visits. However I will get a chance to see the park in the summer time this July. I will be

So many dogs and so few Sundays! I have decided that the students need to meet more than one dog a week, so this week I am featuring Taxi, Greyling, Shrimp, Onyx, Lizzy, and I will throw in Biscuit and Sky just for the cute factor! You can vote for your favorite dog this week. We will begin with

Speed 0.5 knots Course 10° Location Larsen A (-64.61341833, -58.43913333) Depth 579 meters Today we've started headed back north along the Antarctic Peninsula. This morning, I got up at 5:30am to help out with a Blake Trawl. The Blake Trawl involves dragging a large net along the

We have used the word tundra just about everyday since I arrived at the study site, but what defines tundra? Why don’t we have tundra in other places? The tundra is one of the biomes on our planet. A biome being a large area where the climate, geography, and the organisms are generally the

It was great getting up this morning because there was a whole new layer of snow that had fallen overnight with more coming down! The snow changes everything about this place. It makes it look nice and fresh and gives it a clean winter feeling that makes things seem more fun. Snow also has some very