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I am extremely fortunate for I have spent 24 years married to a supportive and loving woman. These flowers are for you, Laura. XXXOOO Trekkers, Never take for granted the people in your life that support you and love you. These are the individuals who know your strengths and your faults and love you

I've had many questions posed about seeing seals and penguins, and disappointingly, I've not yet seen penguins up close. But, I did get to see a couple of seals yesterday out at the dive hole near Cape Evans Wall. The dive hut had been removed on Friday as the ice cracks in the area are continuing

Collin is another great member of the DOM team. He is a graduate student in Yo Chin's lab at Ohio State University, an avid soccer player, and has such a dry sense of humor that he keeps the rest of our team laughing until our tummies hurt. ☺ http://

Again, thanks

Today we go! The weather has held and both McMurdo weather and WAIS Divide weather are permitting us to fly! Soon I will board a C-130 Hercules and fly 4 hours (about 1,000 miles) to the middle of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet. My bags are packed for the last time for a while (phew!) and I am

We recently went for a hike on the longest of the trails established on Ross Island--a 9 mile loop to Castle rock, a prominent point between McMurdo Station and Mt. Erebus. The Ross Island Trail System provides the folks stationed at McMurdo with several options for out-of-town travel. However, with

Time zones, different days, and the need for two-day weekend had everyone at McMurdo Station celebrating Thanksgiving for the last three days. "Happy Thanksgiving" greetings were shouted from person to person beginning on Thursday McMurdo time (Wednesday U.S. time) and continued until yesterday

Things are different down here at the south pole. Temperatures well below freezing; sunlight 24 hours a day (this time of year at least); 10,000+ feet altitude; very dry air... hard work in these conditions compounds all that and the human body isn't used to all this kind of stress! So, what kinds

If you don't mind, I'm going to split these next few journal entries up into categories, so be patient with me-so much to share and a time crunch to boot as I also get ready for our next webinar to be held on Dec. 8th at 2 pm EST. Be sure to sign up and join us live!!! (David and Bob will be joining

Please say "hello" to Heidi, one of the two graduate students on the DOM team. Heidi is just starting her graduate program in Dr. Christine Foreman's lab at Montana State University. It is very exciting for me to work with Heidi as she begins to develop her course of study for her graduate program

Last journal I was looking forward to snowmobile training! ohh yeahh! Oh well, it was just a few of us standing around a snowmobile while the trainer basically told us how not to wreck the engine or get ourselves killed. No snowmobile riding at all! I personally believe in the power of hands-on