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Christmas Dinner Last night we had an amazing Christmas Eve dinner. There were three different meal times and ours was the last one, starting at 7 p.m. Before entering the galley for our dinner, we had appetizers and hot apple cider in the hallway. When the galley was ready, we were ushered in to

Celebrating at the Station Since our flights have been delayed, we get to celebrate Christmas at the South Pole! The galley is decorated, the staff is wearing Santa hats, and holiday music pours out of speakers. ##Race Around the World Today there was a 2.3 mile race around the South Pole. This is

AGO Update The weather is getting better, so hopefully our team will be heading to AGO 4 soon. This morning I woke up to blue skies and the twin otter looked ready to go. Unfortunately, it was going to place fuel at a cache not go to AGO 4, since there is still bad weather at AGO 4. ##The IceCube

Here are the Fall Festival Challenge and Explain this Picture winners! ### Explain this Picture The second graders from Grahamwood Elementary School correctly explained this picture… You put camels in the picture because Antarctica is a desert. Yes, Antarctica is a desert and in the continents

The longest and shortest day of the year Today is the summer solstice here at the South Pole. The solstice is when the sun reaches its highest or lowest (northernmost or southernmost) points in the sky. There are two solstices in the year: one in June and one in December. These are the longest or

Stormy Weather I woke up this morning to the sound of wind pushing against the cloth walls of the Jamesway. The likelihood of flying today was low. Although it was still relatively warm (around -9 degrees Fahrenheit), the wind made it feel like -33 degrees Fahrenheit. I was not surprised when I

After 28 hours of travel time through 4 airports, I have arrived at home at last. There are just a few days remaining before Christmas to prepare for the holidays. I will be posting some final reflections, travel pictures and of course more resources in the coming weeks. Thank you to everyone who

Departure Update Getting to AGO 4 has proven to be difficult. Today our plane was delayed yet again due to bad weather at the fuel cache halfway between the South Pole Station and AGO 4. Although the pilots have enough fuel to bring us to AGO 4, if the ground at AGO 4 is unstable, they will not be