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The photo posted in Mystery Photo #1 was a Delta tire covered in sea salt! A Delta is a large truck that can carry up to 20 passengers. It can travel across snow and sea ice without any trouble! The tires are almost as tall as me (5' 5"). At first I thought the tire was just covered with snow, but

I first heard about the Ice Tunnels in Werner Herzog's movie, Encounters at the End of the World. I was intrigued. There are thousands of feet of tunnels carved out under the ice below the South Pole? Were they made by winter-overs crazy from isolation? Were they secret passages? Was there really a

Well, after 7 months of anticipation, the day has finally arrived! I'm leaving home here in an hour or so to begin my journey to Antarctica. From Sinclair, Wyoming I will drive 100 miles to Laramie, Wyoming to catch my first flight of the trip. This will be on what is fondly referred to as the

I've been monitoring my blood oxygen saturation since before I left Washington, DC. In the weeks prior to my departure it was a steady 98% oxygen saturation. The literature that came with my little clinicalguard.com fingertip pulse oximeter said that normal randes are between 95-100% although

As a part of the "Fly your Flag in Antarctica Project", classrooms across the country have been sending back their decorated flags. The flags kept arriving throughout October and into November. Take a look at the Group 2 flags. Do you see yours? If not, stay tuned for Group 3 to be posted soon. If

A while ago, you read about ice town, the airport, right in front of our station. Do you remember what happens there and where those planes go? Before that you read about Mark and his weather balloons and the French team with their balloons. Do you remember what the purpose of those balloons was

We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. Though we missed our families and friends, we had a nice Thanksgiving here in McMurdo as well. Friday night we enjoyed some live music. Mechanics, scientists, janitors, supervisors, and other workers on station turned into drummers, guitarists, and singers

Here at the South Pole we celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday instead of Thursday so that we could have two days off in a row: Saturday and our usual day, Sunday. There were three seatings for a formal Thanksgiving dinner: 4 PM 5:30 PM and 7 PM each one preceded by hors d' oeuvres and live

Check out the image below. Can you guess what the is in the image? What is the white stuff? Now it is time to start brainstorming! You can post your guesses on the Ask the Team section. I will post the answer tomorrow.

A few students have asked me about the various vehicles down here at the pole. The main vehicle I use around here is the snow mobile, sometimes called the Ski-Doo. I was trained on how to drive these, some minimal maintenance, and how to refuel them. I have yet to ride one though. There are lots of