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We are heading back north after our failed attempt to reach the still elusive continental shelf in front of the Admundsen Sea. We were bogged down by the snow on the ice, since the ice itself was not very thick. The Palmer would have been able to cut through had it been pure ice, but the snow

It seemed like we traveled back in time to be kids again for an hour and a half today during one of the most joyful recesses I have attended! The whole science group got to leave the comfortable confinement of the ship for the first time in seven weeks. Folks were ready for the ice party by 9:30 am

We are back on the ice, still far from our target location. Sailing is slow even though the ice is not very thick. Alex said it is 1st year ice with lots of snow, which produces a lot of the friction with the boat and slows it down. We have had to stop, back a bit, and then charge forward again

We are heading south towards the Amundsen Sea! We should be back in the ice sometime tonight (correction, we are on the ice now!). This is exciting because we get so see more penguins and seals, and, best of all, we might get to walk on the ice for a couple of hours if the weather is good. We have

What do you think if we visit the captain and the mates up in the bridge today? After all, that is where the navigation takes place. Before we do so, close your eyes and imagine what the bridge might look like based on the books you have read and the movies you have watched; perhaps you have been in

What?! Are the ice shelves melting? Is Antarctica disappearing before our eyes? Actually that is me swimming in the Mar Caribe, a.k.a. Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Cancun. Cancun??During our training up in Fairbanks we were told over and over to be "flexible." Good call, ARCUS ! On our way down

Welcome to my first journal entry. It is early April and I am on the beach in Sarasota, Florida thinking about what it will be like to spend part of my summer on the Greenland ice sheet. I will be working with Mike Bergin and Brandon Strellis from Georgia Tech. I will be helping them with their

We learned before that the amount of tritium in water can be used as a stop watch. Today we are going to learn about other tracers used for determining the age of water masses, CFCs. We are going to follow the team that measures the CFCs from sampling to analysis, but we will begin with a small

We will continue today with our 'Life aboard the Palmer' series. We have talked about cutting edge science being done in one of the most remote areas of the world, we have seen amazing animals that are very hard to see in the wild, and we have enjoyed of the most amazing views around here. But there

Another stormy day with science on hold. After six weeks my body is finally doing a little bit better. Not much, though. If science is on hold and I am not feeling miserably that is something. I have to say I have not had a day in which my stomach feels normal yet, but I am working on that. Today we