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I have another mystery photo! The picture is of something that was the result of the storm yesterday. Hint: the picture was taken near my tent door. Can you guess what is in this photo? Please post any ideas on the Ask The Team forum!

Today, the wind picked up to over 20 knots and the temperatures dropped. Visibility (how far we can see) dropped to less than 1/4 mile. The wind chill made it feel even colder. The average temperature today was about -35F. The cold required that we all wear a few extra layers! We also needed to

Before drilling starts, our days are structured a little differently. When the drill starts, we work 24-hours a day with three shifts working throughout the day. Right now, while we are still preparing for the drill we start our days at 7 a.m. Here is the break down of a typical day for the science

Did you guess right? The object in the picture is a refrigeration unit. We have four of these units inside the drill arch. The arch is cooled to -28C to keep the ice cores cold. Keeping the ice cold is important for several reasons. First, we don't want the ice to change in any way so that the

Mystery photo installment number two! What is this a picture of? Here are a few hints: We have four of them in the arch and need them in order to work with the ice cores. What could it be? I hope to see some guesses on Ask the Team! The answer will be posted tomorrow.

Christmas time. It brings to mind images of Christmas trees, stockings, Santa, and presents. Depending on where you live, it might also make you think of snow. Even though most of us are thousands of miles away from home, we still long for the familiar Christmas surroundings. Residents of McMurdo

This past weekend I was fortunate to catch a tour out to the pressure ridges by Scott Base, the New Zealand research station. People can only explore the pressure ridges with a trained guide because they are very dangerous. Tour guides are trained to spot hazards such as cracks in the ice and to

The Scott Expedition. The mention of it brings to mind a brutally cold, disappointing, and fatal attempt to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Robert Falcon Scott set out in 1910 on the Terra Nova Expedition to accomplish this feat. It took him three years and he was sorely

I'm checked in at the San Francisco Airport waiting to board my plane back home. It has been a very busy, productive week for me with the last four days learning many aspects of sea-floor sediment core analysis. I was privileged to help the team with several core analysis jobs, getting my hands