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The weather in the Bering Sea is continuing to make Science operations difficult. We are operating in the worst seas we have seen this voyage. Huge waves crashing over the fantail caused a few problems. The fantail and focsule areas of the ship were secured due to high seas. The MST's and MK2

100 Years Ago Today Today marks the 100th anniversary of Norwegian, Roald Amundson's, arrival to the South Pole. Amundson and his team marked their arrival to the pole with a tent and Norwegian flag. A photograph documents the historic moment. The South Pole Station is gearing up for today's

The weather in the Bering Sea has again taken a turn for the worse. 35 knot winds and high seas make it difficult to conduct science operations. The Night Watch managed to conduct 2 stations before they had to scrub Station 125. The last station on our watch, prior to the most recent storm, was an

Welcome to the South Pole Before arriving at the South Pole, I imagined I would find a much starker environment than that of McMurdo. Although the South Pole houses far less people (typically they have 150 - 250 people here in the summer, as opposed to McMurdo's 1000 - 1200), they still have more

We had BIG excitement yesterday...we saw the SUN!!! Even though we have been South of the Arctic Circle, the sky has been completely cloud covered every day. Stormy weather, overcast and gray skies made it difficult to see where the water met the sky. That was NOT the case yesterday...we were so

Arriving at the Bottom of the World! At 5:40 this morning, ten South Pole-bound travelers met at the post office building in McMurdo and took a van down to the ice runway. At the ice runway, we boarded the LC-13O plane, which is similar to the [C-17 cargo plane I arrived on](http://www.polartrec

Leaving on Monday! On Thursday, Bob Melville called me from the South Pole to see if I could fly to the pole earlier. Instead of leaving on the 15th, I will be leaving this Monday. Plans change quickly in Antarctica! Also, I will not be going to AGO 1 anymore, now I will be going to AGO 4. AGO 4

Since we have been “hiding out” from the storm, Dr. Ashjian decided we could do a science station in the ice. It was not a planned station, but we might as well see what's here! Yesterday, right after breakfast, we conducted a science station. Science operations included a CTD, ring net, Bongo nets