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Here are WAIS we don't have a mailbox. Instead we have what we call a Cruise Box. A cruise box arrives on each flight to WAIS and sometimes contains mail for members of the camp. Believe it or not, there is a Post Office in McMurdo. This PO serves McMurdo and most of the U.S. field camps. As a

This season we have been blessed with a wealth of great weather. It even reached +25F today! That is balmy for us cold weather lovers! With air temperatures that high, many folks are measuring temperatures in their tents around +95F! Wow- that is HOT! As a result, many of us are sleeping with the

I was glad the day we "lost" in the time change was January 1, not January 3, because that's my birthday! I spent my birthday out on the ice of Antarctica - how cool is that? The day started with an ice station, during which our team focused on sea ice measurements over a high ridge on the ice floe

Many of you probably recycle. In some locations, far away from large recycling centers, options may be limited. Many places can only recycle the basics: aluminum, glass, paper (office, newspapers and/or magazines), corrugated cardboard, and maybe steel cans. In McMurdo there are no landfills; there

Similar to last year, I surmise that many folks are curious about our restroom facilities. Having running water to toilets is too energy intensive and not logistically feasible in a camp this size. Instead, we have several outhouses, or black boxes. We have a total of 7 outhouses throughout camp

To bring in the New Year, the camp had a day off! What did we do to enjoy the day? Many of us caught up on much needed sleep and then spent the day relaxing and goofing around. To enjoy the nice weather, my friend John and I went golfing. Antarctic golfing is a bit difficult primarily because the

Can you guess what we did on our day off? Our outdoor activity included the item in this picture.

Did you guess that is was a generator? Mystery photo #6 is a photo of part of one of our Cat generators that is used to power camp and the drill arch. At home it is often easy to take advantage of the access to electricity. Here at WAIS, we are much like a mini city, requiring lots of power to run

Sorry about the delay on Mystery photos! Our satellite internet connection was acting up! Can you guess what is in this photo?

We have been working hard here the past week on the Oden. After my trek out on the ice with the seal research team, and a successful 8 hour ice station, the ice work continued as the Oden moved to a new location and, the next morning, we began another 24 hour ice station. We worked from mid-day on