Search

Here they are - the final group of flags. Just in time to be packed for my trip to Chile en route to the Oden - do you see your flag? These flags will be carried on the plane with me and the next time you see photos of them should be from Punta Arenas, Chile - our departure city for this amazing

The time has arrived. By the time you get this, I should be back in Christchurch. Half our team is already there or on planes heading back to the US. Yes, they were finally able to leave yesterday (Monday) afternoon after a lot of back and forth. First, their original plans got changed as we

Well, even though I never got the solar oven package I sent to the South Pole, I still managed to have some fun with solar ovens at the coldest place on earth. My goal was to make partial s'mores: chocolate and graham cracker without the marshmallows. The first oven I made and the second one I

Our LC-130 airplane was scheduled to fly at noon and we were in the air at 11:30. The early departure was a nice surprise as many of us were doubtful that our plane would even take off! By 4 p.m. we were at the WAIS field camp with 3,500 meters of ice below our feet! This season we will drill to

As we make our final preparations to leave the Ice, our underwater robot, SCINI, continues on. Bob along with Paul, David, and Dustin, are taking her on another underwater mission. After four years of first developing SCINI and then enhancing her cameras, thrusters, control, and navigation, she’s

The drillers have made their first hole in the ice for this season. They started on hole 80 Friday morning. On Saturday I headed out to check out the system. The tower operations site (TOS) is where the drilling and deployment happen. There are actually two TOSes so that when one is in use they can

Hopefully, this is our last day in Christchurch. We are scheduled for a shuttle pick up tomorrow at 5:45 am with a check-in at 6:30. If all goes as planned, we'll be on a plane bound for the "Ice". Today, was a rather lazy day. We'd originally planned on going to Lyttleton to the coast and walking