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Well, I'm back home with mixed feelings. I had an incredibly amazing experience in Antarctica and yet I am also happy to be home; it feels good to be back with my family. In the four days since I've returned, I've experienced quite a bit of culture and weather shock. It was very strange to drive

Throughout this expedition, the Oden has encountered ice that she needed to break through, and watching this process has been fascinating. The Oden is unique among icebreakers because she does not "break through" the ice with a reinforced pointed hull. Instead, she rides UP on the ice with her flat

Can you guess what is in this picture? Hint: It is used for the ice cores.

Today was a historic day for the U.S. ice core drilling community. The WAIS Divide ice core is now longest American drilled ice core in history! At 12:02 a.m. we drilled to a depth of 3056 meters, surpassing the goal set in Greenland at the GISP2 drill site (~3,053 meters). We are all thrilled to

Did you guess that the object in mystery photo #8 is a weather balloon? Weather balloons are used frequently out at WAIS Divide. They are primarily used to measure the height of the ceiling, or height of clouds, so we can determine if it is safe for planes to land. The balloons are filled with a