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Hello Trekkers, What a wild couple of days. On Wednesday of this week here on Antarctica we, my teammates and I, loaded all our suitcases and participated in a "bag drag". This is when you lug all your stuff including all you extreme weather gear up to the post office building in McMurdo and it all

Please give Birgit Sattler a loud, welcoming "griassdi" ("hello" in the Austrian-German dialect), the international element of the DOM team. Birgit is very well versed in Polar Science as she studies frozen environments and high altitude regions in her native land of Austria, as well as in the

Yo is an amazing scientist in the lab and in the field. Wherever his scientific curiosity takes him, he allows himself to become completely carried away. He has a passion for understanding the nuances of dissolved organic matter. Also, he has a great affinity for teaching others about his scientific

After setting up and filling 14 IceTop stations, we are almost done with the season. Here are some numbers: * 14 IceTop stations (there are 20 IceCube holes planned for this year, but not all of them get IceTop stations) * 28 tanks, each with a freeze control unit and contactor to remove dissolved

I happened to look at the date yesterday and realized that we are half way through December and on the cusp of a new year. And, we are officially done here. I was able to snag a hike up Observation Hill and then a tour of Discovery Hut Sunday afternoon. "To strive, to seek, so find and not to yield

Trekkers, I have told you that I have met the most amazing individuals while I have been here. I yesterday I sat down to lunch with some friends and a woman joined us that others at the table knew. As she sat by me I said, "Hi, my name is Gary." She responded, "Hi my name is Ann." Lunch continued

Today, I took a field trip with my McMurdo roommate, Debbie, out to her research site on the Ross Ice Shelf. Debbie works for the NASA Balloon Program and is in Antarctica to manage a project that launched a large, unmanned balloon into the upper limits of Earth's atmosphere. Other teams, like

Many of our crew will be celebrating birthdays while down on the ice so I thought I'd share what an ice sheet birthday looks like! Not so different from home but everyone misses family and friends so we try to make it a special day here in camp. Last week we celebrated the birthdays of Ryan Banta

The South Pole and the North Pole are unusual in that they never have 24-hour "day and night" cycles. During the southern summer, the South Pole is always tilted towards the sun, bathing it in light for 6 months. During the southern winter, the South Pole is always tilted away from the sun, leaving