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Here we are back in Chile and one continent closer to home. It was a beautiful day so we went for a walk. It was great to stretch our legs after being on the boat coming across the Drake Passage. Punta Arenas is a nice place to wander around. The cemetery is amazing and the hills give you a

How ironic that my last journal is on the Summer Solstice after spending 2 months in the Antarctic winter! The sun feels great!! (What the solstice means is a great thing to look up and find out why this is the longest day of the year, by the way.) But let's get to what you have all been waiting for

That's what microbial oceanography is. And that is the last project at Palmer Station that I will be reporting on before I reveal our findings on the icefish and thermal tolerance. Near last, but not least. Did you know that there are 1 billion, yes billion, bacterial cells in a liter of ocean water

The journey home was a much smoother experience than the journey here. No volcanoes, no being stranded in two different locations, waiting for the ash to clear. No, it was a very uneventful trip back home. The long journey back home started with a 9:30am meeting at the KISS manager’s office. Robbie

Once back at the base camp, we started to try and obtain some Twin Otter air time to take us on a reconnaissance flight over to Shackleton Glacier, John's field location for next season's work. After a day and a half of manipulating flight schedules, we were granted a few hours of air time. We flew

Are you ready for another Polar Scavenger Hunt Challenge? This months challenge was inspired by one of the Arctic’s most notorious residents - the Polar Bear. And your challenge is simple, to find Polar Bears! If you are scratching your head right now thinking ‘this is not going to be easy’ - don