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So you might have thought that I disappeared, but I didn't. I have just been enjoying beautiful New Zealand. I spent a couple of days with Amanda and Shawn in Christchurch and then we went off in different directions. Amanda and Shawn went North towards the Kaikoura Peninsula and Matt and I went

Let me introduce you to some of the equipment the DOM team uses while in the field to help us understand the make-up of the Dry Valley streams and to aid us in the collection of bacteria and DOM. Birgit is our resident air-borne bacteria expert and she uses the Air Sampler to collect bacteria that

For over 2 weeks members of my team have been here in McMurdo Station working in a small building on the sea ice runway. Their job was to begin the unpacking and testing of the specially designed radars that had been shipped from The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) in Lawrence

Hello Trekkers, I have found it is fascinating to introduce myself to everyone I happen to be standing or sitting near. While a huge number of the people here are directly working with a science program like I am, many people living here are going to work every day like most adults where you live

"We are the morale committee at South Pole," says James Brown, South Pole Executive Chef and nine-year Pole veteran, about the mission of the South Pole Station galley. "Our goal is to provide good food at every meal, with a smile and great attitude toward the community and each other." Each and

We finally arrived at WAIS Divide. Our flight departed as planned and now the crew is here learning the ropes and getting used to how to survive constantly cold temperatures. Our team of 11 is now complete and we are spending the days packing up ice cores that spent the winter at WAIS Divide. Last

I came back from the Cinder Cones at noon today via snowmobile so that I could try to get unburied with my online journaling. Yes...I'm sure you're still waiting with baited breath to hear all about our time in the field. But, I still ask that you be patient. We're still doing day long-very long-day

Take a look at almost any map of Antarctica that has place names on it and you will find McMurdo Station on Ross Island, but it is a little more difficult to locate the site of our field camp on the shores of Lake Fryxell. Lake Fryxell is located in the Taylor Valley within the Transantarctic

Working out on the McMurdo Ice Shelf is just that—WORK!! All of our equipment had to be man hauled on sledges—a banana sled and a Siglin—to locations of over 2 miles from our camp…one way. And, while the Siglin can haul hundreds of pounds because it’s longer (well over 6 feet) and wider, it cannot

Because I've had SOOOOOO many questions about Thanksgiving, I'm going to jump ahead to this rather than finish journaling about our time in the field....for now anyways. (As an aside, if you haven't signed up for next Tuesday's webinar, it's not too late. It's scheduled for 2 pm EST and a large part