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This afternoon was exciting - I got to try on and check out my cold weather clothing for the "Ice". At 1 p.m. we caught a shuttle to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Clothing Distribution Center (CDC). While here, we had several steps to accomplish. We had to drop off our laptop computers

After 25 hours of travel I've arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand! In Los Angeles, I met one member of our team, Perry Spector, who is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington in Seattle. We traveled the final two legs of my journey to Christchurch together. We are staying at the Windsor B&

Yesterday our group spent the day returning supplies, backing up data, and packing. Meanwhile, Paul Mahacek is back from Happy Camper school and is finishing up his training. Dustin Carroll is also finishing his training and the two of them have been busy with Bob and David getting ready for SCINI's

This season has been a success according to Paul! We set out to work on two programs – recovering experiments and getting a broader quantitative perspective of various habitats - and both have been a success. On the one hand we returned to specific spots on the seafloor to photograph my old

Some of us are home, so of us are on the way home. With various weather delays last week, our flights to the ice sites at the top of Byrd Glacier above two subglacial lakes were canceled three days in a row. And with the overcrowding currently at McMurdo, it was decided that half our team would head

In less than a week I'll be surrounded by plants, warm sunshine, and all the fresh fruits and vegetables that I want! Until then, we have a lot of packing, cleaning, and finishing up to do. We're also enjoying the last few days of our time here. Though the popular expression, "It's a harsh continent

The flight yesterday was canceled and we are scheduled to fly today. My transport time, or the time that I have to catch the shuttle out to the ice runway, is 10:45 local time. It is currently 9:15 and we are still on schedule. Could it be that I will really be standing on 3,500 meters of ice in

My bags are checked and I am ready to get to WAIS Divide. My name is on the flight list to get out to WAIS and start the work for our science crew. Excitement is building! We are finally getting started after nearly two weeks of waiting in McMurdo. As it turns out, weather in Antarctica is not

Yesterday, a small group of us were able to go visit the Erebus ice caves near the Erebus Ice Tongue. The Erebus Ice Tongue is an outlet glacier that originates on the western slope of Mt. Erebus. The ice tongue flows down and into the McMurdo Sound where it meets the sea ice. Ice tongues form