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It all seems a little unreal. New Places...New Faces...Celebrating Thanksgiving with a formal sit down dinner tonight...Making New...Hearing about the most interesting types of science...WOW WOW WOW. This teaser will be my journal as everyone here has 2 days off and they must check out my computer

I have shown you photos and mentioned the other people in my team quite often over the last week, but have not given them a chance to give their own introduction. So, this video interview with Christine is the first of many I hope to post while I am in Antarctica. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Everyone in Mrs. Kane's homeroom should be pround of themselves for coming up with so many good questions that they inspired an entire journal entry. It's Peter Neff here, one of Heidi's colleagues working on the WAIS Divide ice core project. I've been working on several ice core projects in the

For just a taste of Happy Camper School, please watch and enjoy this video. http://

Happy Camper School introduced me to much more than just how to survive in Antarctica. There were many fascinating people at Camp with me. I met a group who are in Antarctica

Hi Trekkers, This is a journal that is going to take me several days to write. I am planning to add to it on every plane I travel on until I get to New Zealand. YOUR TASK, should you choose to do it is to calculate the miles/kilometers I have traveled during this journal entry. Post your answers on

Yesterday I woke up to experience my first official day on the job. Monday, I had enough time to recover a bit, get plenty of water, and get a decent night's sleep. OK, down time is OVER! Tuesday morning, I woke up early to post a journal, grab a tasty breakfast at the galley, and then head off to

This afternoon, I returned from an amazing Happy Camper School. For a day and a half, 19 fantastic folks and I learned how to survive in Antarctica under almost any condition. From building walls and sleep trenches using snow, to cooking food and providing medical services to teammates injured in

This morning, the sky was the clearest it had been while I'd been in McMurdo. The wind had died down, the snow had stopped falling, a perfect day to fly out! So, at 7:30 the IceCube group and I met at the "bag drag" building where we had taken our luggage the night before, hopped on a transport van

Location: Becker Point Check out the audio journal below.

The bright light of the Antarctic sun forced me to pull my goggles off my forehead and over my eyes. The main cabin of the C-17 had been fairly dim, and now the sun gleamed white off the stark Ross Ice Sheet upon which we had landed. The trip from Christchurch was relatively uneventful, though I did