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The nature of the work being done for IceCube down here at the South Pole is not really research - the research in general is done at the 30 or so partner institutions around the world, based on the data collected by IceCube. We are working hard to get the sensors deployed into the ice to allow us

On Sunday, 29 January 1989, 80 people gathered to dedicate the new Chapel of the Snows, which is the third chapel to be raised at McMurdo station. It is located just 840 miles from the South Pole. The Chapel of the Snows is the world's southernmost building erected primarily for religious services

Please say "hello" to Chip, the DOM team's engineer extraordinaire! Chip arrived at McMurdo on the same day as the rest of the team took off for Lake Fryxell. While we were at Lake Fryxell, Chip was busy completing adjustments to this amazing Reverse Osmosis machine he designed and built himself

I had the greatest of intentions to share a glimpse into the life of another DOM team member today through my "Interview with an Antarctician" videos, but both Yo and Chip found themselves very busy preparing water samples and equipment in anticipation of lots of great lab work in the weeks ahead

Last spring, I began having my seniors and science students make dream flags that I intended on bringing with me to fly down here in Antarctica. This year's science students did the same. (My good friend Marie donated her time to hem each flag. Thanks Marie!) Each thought carefully, and a couple

As I stated in my last journal entry, Friday was SCINI’s last dive of the season and took place near the sea ice edge. We actually had to travel further along the edge as the pack ice had moved in at our original destination, and the plan was to be able to put SCINI in off of the sea ice edge to

During the PolarTREC Live from the IPY! webinar on Wednesday, my wonderful mom asked a great question that I unfortunately never got around to answering. I apologize, Mom! She e-mailed me the question later in the day and I would like to answer it in this journal, and elaborate a little more. My mom

Diving under the sea ice in Antarctica. What an amazing thought. Since I am not a scuba diver this would not be something I could do myself, BUT I could get close. I had the wonderful opportunity to join Stacy Kim and her team as a dive tender. You can read all about Stacy's project here in

Water is one of the most essential chemicals to life on Earth. Water is a precious resource, and we tend to take it for granted in the US. We enjoy clean drinking water straight from the faucet, take long hot showers, flush our toilets, water our lawns, wash our cars (and watch it flow down the