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Well we are back on the boat today. It seems appropriate to talk a little bit about the people to get us there and back safely. This is a skilled job, especially navigating through all the ice down in Antarctica. Meet Ernest. Ernest Stelly III. He is a Merchant Marine Officer, 2nd Mate, unlimited

If you recall the first part of the expedition, we serviced and maintained 10 Automated Weather Stations across the Greenland ice sheet. Although there is only one BRSN station on the Greenland ice sheet, it too needs to be serviced and maintained on an annual basis. Each year, Koni or one of his

Today is the last day on Palmer Station. The Gould sails north tomorrow morning. It was beautiful with very little wind. But it was still in the 20s and felt cold. Devin and I had had plans for a few weeks to do another plunge before we left. Particularly since we didn't get any good action shots

Today’s journal consists of an interview with Dr. Konrad Steffen. Dr. Steffen is the director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) and Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Steffen was born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, where

Are you still stumped by this picture? There were some very creative answers submitted - many of whom got it right! I guess I need to make the photos a bit more challenging next time. The most popular choices are listed below - was one of these yours? A. Snowflake? B. Part of a tree? C. Whale

Well, you didn't think I could make a directional sign and not know how far it is from the Antarctic Western Peninsula and Chicago, did you? Harry helped me make this sign to go up on the directional sign post. It was a treat to go in the wood shop and take on a project and I finished in the nick of

Antarctica is one of the harshest environments on earth. There has never been an indigenous population down here. And it's not at all easy to get too. For those reasons, relatively few people have made it down here. There are cruise ships that travel down here but those cost tens of thousands of

So what exactly are the BSRN and AWS and what do they do? Well, in today’s journal, I am going to show you what each instrument on the BSRN and AWS looks like and what it measures. I will also share with you some graphs of the data that each instrument recorded. Dr. Steffen and Nikko prepared graphs

This spring our weather in Colorado has been, to put it kindly, schizophrenic. We have swung madly between winter and summer, with everything in-between. My mantra throughout the months of April and May was "It's warmer and sunnier in Fairbanks", as our snowpack increased and apricot blossoms froze

The flight home yesterday was long but well worth the time. I arrived back in Orange County a few minutes late and was met by my wife Mary and my youngest daughter Lauren. Natalie was still working so we had to go by her work to see her. It was wonderful to be home and relax with my girls. Today is