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Welcome to the Firehouse During my sea ice training I met several friendly firefighters who invited me to take a tour of the firehouse. The firehouse was built in 1972. It is a "3 row" station, which means

Yesterday, the Bering Sea once again became a stormy mess. The area where we were sampling, the SL line, was experiencing very high winds and seas. According to NOAA Alaskan Headquarters, we were operating in an area under a STORM WARNING with winds forecasted up to 65 knots and seas to 28 feet

Last Antarctica R. A. W. challenge I’ve got some good news and some sad news. Let’s start with the sad news – so we can end with the good news. As I sit down to write this journal - I’m a little sad – because this is the last Antarctica R. A. W. challenge before my expedition. And now for the

Where does our water come from? When I imagined living in a remote place like Antarctica, I pictured a rugged life without the conveniences that I have at home. However, there are many aspects of life here at McMurdo that are similar to the U.S. Today I learned more about one such convenience

Do you think you know the answer to the ‘What is IT! Photo challenge # 4 It was harder than the last challenge but several people got it correct! Here’s a reminder of the pictures. ### Can you pick the winner from this list of guesses? * Corn husk (most popular answer) * Baleen * Whale tongue *

When my Freshman Physical Science students were asked to identify a piece of technology they could not live without, I was thinking their responses would be clean drinking water, shelter, safe food supply...BOY was I WRONG! Their cell phone was the number one response to my question. Cell phones

Another Day of Sediment Sampling Since we have over 250 sediment samples to collect in a short amount of time, we spent the day collecting more samples. This time we headed out for Arrival Heights. To help make the trek easier, Terry borrowed a truck to take us up the hill. ##Arrival Heights

Yesterday brought a very slow day for science. We had helicopter operations planned for the afternoon and once they were completed, it was 181 nautical miles to the next Science station. We had a full team science meeting regarding what we are going to cook for our Morale Night dinner. We will be