Now that our training is over, Joni and I can finally help the team start the research. It feels good to get started! ##Why we are here This is the 12th year that the Texas A&M research group is monitoring sediment samples at McMurdo Station. The two people in charge of the research are Andrew Klein
Second Antarctica R.A.W. challenge winners Shelbi Avant and the entire 6th grade from St John’s Catholic School have been very busy during the past several weeks. They participated in each of the Antarctica R.A.W. challenge categories and submitted two different entries for the art section. WOW
I have received many questions about our polystyrene cups!! You may recall an earlier Journal, October 20, 2011, my students began a polystyrene cup experiment. They measured their cups, calculated density and decorated them. I carried those cups from Ohio, all the way to the Arctic. I also brought
Anthrax? This morning I dragged myself out of bed early enough to take a tour of Discovery Hut, a historic relic of Robert Falcon Scott's 1901 - 1904 expedition. We met our tour guide outside of the cafeteria for a quick briefing before we started out. She warned us that there were traces of
CTD Data plots from the Winter Sampling Expedition. CTD is an acronym for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth. It is a device that measures the salinity, temperature, depth in a vertical profile from the surface. The data comes from the Chukchi Sea.
While the amount of daylight each day is only minutes and we spend most of our watch in the Main Lab (with no windows), some people are beginning to miss the sun! Joel's wife, Martha, was concerned that Joel may begin to feel the effect of the lack of sunlight, so she gave him a Blue Therapy Light
Environmental Monitoring Research Project Although I've written a lot about what it is like here in Antarctica, I haven't formally introduced the research team I am working with or why we are here! I will be stationed out of McMurdo station until mid-December working with a research group from
What is the Definition of Sunrise? Dr. Ashjian wrote on the Board of Lies yesterday that there would be no local sunrise. This prompted quite a lunch discussion. Joel found a sunrise and sunset time for our latitude and felt strongly that the sun would “skim” the horizon. Joel said we would in fact
All About Glaciers is a web site produced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) with information on all aspects of glaciers including data and science, facts, a gallery, a glossary and more.
