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Trekkers, We need you to groom a 10,000 meter runway that you can land a Hercules LC-130 fully loaded with passengers and cargo. This will be no simple task. First, you need information that I cannot supply you with as I do not have access to a library, Google, or a phone. 1. What is the Hercules LC

Hey everyone...this is just to let you know that I'm home...exhausted but home. And, because I had confirmed reservations, I had no problems with flights on the east coast...except our flight from Philly was delayed because we didn't have a flight crew...and then it took them over 45 minutes to find

When I talk to people around McMurdo, or classrooms of fabulous Polar Enthusiasts back in the States, I always describe dissolved organic matter (DOM) very simply as microscopic bits of organic matter that are suspended in liquid or frozen water. Now that I have worked with the DOM team in

During the summer months, of which we are in the middle of right now, the population at McMurdo Station climbs above 1000 people. Not everyone on the station is involved directly with a science expedition. From what I understand, for every scientist there are 5 people working at the Station in

I find myself lucky that a lot of Antarctic history lies in regions of this fascinating continent that I have visited. In 1903, R.F. Scott discovered the Dry Valleys and described them in his journals. One of the lines he wrote about his discovery still rings true with the few people who have a

Trekkers,We are on a journey through time today. We are going back just over 100 years. Near McMurdo Station there is a building that has been standing since it was built by the crew of "The Discovery". This ship's crew was on an expedition led by Captain Robert F. Scott. Due to the cold

Today's my last day at the Pole. I'll hop on a C-130 at around noon and fly back to McMurdo. Last night, the South Pole Telescope hosted a "ladies night" event with music and dancing and tours of the telescope - that was a lot of fun, a nice celebration to bring my month-long visit to the South Pole

Almost everything down here is known via acronyms - abbreviations that sometimes spell out something clever, or sometimes just random codes. This especially goes for research projects, with the exception of IceCube - which just means a cube of ice. I already wrote a journal about the ARO, but today

As I mentioned in the previous post - the IceTop sensors are now all in the tanks, the tanks are filled and freezing into solid crystal-clear ice around the DOMs embedded in them. We did some work today to open up the doors on the tanks and install sun shields, to allow the water to freeze faster

The DOM team is getting into a great groove in the Crary Lab at McMurdo Station. Christine, Heidi, and Birgit are running biological tests on water samples while Chip, Collin, Yo, and Mike work on chemical analyses. I pitch in when and where I can and I love learning so many new techniques and ideas