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Speed 5.8 knots (kts) Course 250° Location En route to the Larsen A (-64.94670167, -58.52958667) Depth 434 m We're moving back into the Larsen A, which means we are headed west towards the Antarctic Peninsula. Everything is covered in ice and we are making our way by breaking thin

A lab meeting was scheduled for today with all of the people involved in the Alaska experiments. Dr. Natali headed up the meeting from one of her lab rooms at the University of Florida, while Elizabeth and I joined in via a slide presentation on one computer and speaking with everyone on Skype from

Enough about climate change and CO2 flux! (for today anyway). I had been talking with my students at school before I left and collected some great ideas about experiments we could conduct while in Alaska. One of the questions to test was; at what temperature can boiling water change into snow? With

Speed 0.2 knots (kts) (drifting a bit, but because we're on station, we stay in relatively the same spot) Location Outer Larsen A (-64.99353, -57.75479833) Depth 431 m For the last two days we've been on station, which means we are staying in one particular spot while all the groups

Today was clear and cool and beautiful. The temperature this morning was -25 F with a nip in the air and no wind. It was another great day to be out in the field conducting science! Just the other day I had posed a question to the students about what the CO2 levels would be doing at this time of

I’m home! The end of my trip was a bit crazy with the flooding in Punta Arenas and I apologize for being out of touch. Thanks to all who have written and checked in- I am fine. I arrived in Punta Arenas on Sunday, March 11th, the day that rain and flash floods left about 800 people in Punta Arenas

Today Elizabeth and I had our first full day in the field. After having some breakfast and discussing what we were going to try and accomplish at the study site, we checked the window and the thermometer and decided we would dress warmly. The sky looked very gray this morning and the temperature was

The 2012 expedition is underway! After a long last week of school, which was made wonderful by my students and staff at Talbert, I said the final goodbyes. To make sure that I was good and tired, and ready to sit on an airplane during the 9 hour trip to Fairbanks, I ran the dry but cool L.A