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Well, the bags are all checked in and I've got my Extreme Cold Weather (ECW) gear all laid out for tomorrow's flight into the field. We meet at 8:15 am for transport out to Pegasus Airfield for our flight to CTAM - Central TransAntarctic Mountain camp. The team and I have been waiting anxiously for

Lynette has been my roommate for about a week here in McMurdo. She has a fascinating job that has allowed her to travel to many exciting places. A special thank you to Lynette for agreeing to write this short piece for my journal! I am a research civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

As the Oden continues sailing southwest, we are working on new tasks and work assignments. Yesterday was a busy work day as Blake prepared a science presentation to share with all on board after dinner last night, and I presented a brief over view of the PolarTREC program. We crossed the Antarctic

My team's primary objective for this expedition is to collect sea ice physical data and install remote buoys to collect information in regions of the Amundson and Ross Seas, some of the least studied regions of the world. We will be involved in 4 main activities once we reach the sea ice: 1. Hourly

Right on the southern edge of McMurdo there is a hill called Observation Hill, or Ob Hill to the residents. It stands roughly 750 feet above McMurdo Sound. It's a great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of town and catch some great views. It takes about 45 minutes to scramble to the

One of the reasons I so enjoyed and appreciated the 2010 International Continental Shelf Survey last summer was because of the wide range of science that was undertaken on the cruise. Every day I could see something new and learn much about geology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, ice

I returned to McMurdo Station from the South Pole and got my new room assignment, a shared 5 bed berth in the main station building. I arranged to meet up with my new friend Julie Katch whom I'd met on the way through the first time. Julie works in Antarctica every year (four years running) as a

Where is this adventure taking me and how will we get there an back? I know some of you are wondering the same thing, since most people with whom I have shared the idea of participating on a research around Antarctica have asked me that. Here is a quick glance at our travelings to come: I will

Don Voigt Don is a Senior Research Assistant at Penn State University. He has spent 15 years in Antarctica and six in Greenland conducting research and helping graduate students with their research on the physical properties of ice. This season, he is the Science Representative at WAIS Divide Ice