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Even in Antarctica folks overeat on Thanksgiving. It is so easy to do with the large amount of delicious treats around (see the previous journal). So, in order to offset the calories consumed, many members of the WAIS Divide crew ran the annual 5k Turkey Trot. The race course was difficult with a 1

There are so many cool little things here and thy just won't all fit into other blog posts. So here's a journal dedicated to awesome pole stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Spoolhenge is where the IceCube cable spools go to rest until they are taken off the ice. It's on the far side of the berms

My belly hurts! We just finished a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at McMurdo Station. This was my second Thanksgiving in Antarctica. The spread of food was spectacular. We were served turkey, salad, crab legs, potatoes, stuffing, stuffed peppers, pie, strawberries, cherries, and chocolate mousse

We are still stuck in McMurdo waiting for weather and issues at camp to be resolved. However, "stuck" has some plus sides! Over the last week, we have had a grand time exploring the hiking trails, observation tube, and other entertainment that McMurdo has to offer. Here in McMurdo there is a coffee

Friday Funday? Not so much. Yesterday I helped with two projects: the IceCube Cable Shove and The Surface Junction Boxes. First, the cables. The goal was to get five surface cables, these are the ones connect the hole to the IceCube Lab (ICL), from a trench in the ice up a big culvert tower and over

So I finally got out to the proper South Pole and took some pictures. Here they go:

My name is Sarra and I am from Anchorage, Alaska. I adopted a WATER DROP from a class at Our Lady of Merced and took it to the South Pole with me. This is my first year at the South Pole. I came to Antarctica because I wanted to experience the last continent on the planet that very few people have

I met Phillip Marzette at lunch the other day and found out that he's a meteorologist here who is primarily responsible for collecting the atmospheric data to guide our most excellent (and accurate) forecasts. He agreed to show me around their facility and even let me launch a weather balloon. I was

Life is never dull in Antarctica. Since our return from field camp, we've still been diving and going on SCINI missions on the ice in front of McMurdo. However, we have also had a busy week of day trips to various other spots on the ice. Most of the team spent two day trips recovering Paul's

The observation tube is surely a highlight around here! I have now visited three times. On the last visit we discussed how similar the tube looks to the portals in the Super Mario video game. I hope you enjoy this silly video that my friend John Fegyversei put together (I helped film the first part)