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The sun is shining again! After a couple of rather blustery, snowy days, it is so nice to see the sun again. Although, with sun comes snowmelt which leads all the roads around McMurdo to become really muddy. Gotta love a town with nothing but dirt roads! Tomorrow, Heidi, Collin, Mike, and I leave

Hello Trekkers, It has been 24 hours since the word was sent out about our missing polartrec teacher, Mr. Wesche. Thanks to many of you we have had some sightings that give us hope that we will soon know his whereabouts. Video footage has been received from all over the nation. However, the most

Camping out at Becker Point on the continent. Currently drilling on the McMurdo ice shelf.

I slept better last night than I have in over a week, so I do not feel quite as overwhelmed and disoriented today. This means I am ready to share a little more about the trip down to McMurdo (MCM)! The first leg of the journey had me up at 3:30am yesterday! Using one of the greatest kitchen gadgets

pTREC'ers following Mr. Wesche... we need your help! People-spotters all over the world in airports between Kansas City, Missouri and McMurdo Station, Antarctica have been on the look-out for a missing 6th to 8th grade teacher dressed in extreme cold weather gear.

I am feeling a bit discombobulated today after 4 days of travel, tons of new sensations, Polar science and culture information overload, meeting wonderful new people, and trying to keep track of everything I learn and all the gear I receive. Due to my very tired state of mind, I thought I would

Alarm: 3:30 am. I, along with all the other researchers, drillers, painters, janitors, and other support staff, need to be to the US Antarctic Program building at 5 am this morning to get ready to board a C-17 to McMurdo Station. I am tired but adrenaline gets me going in no time... The past couple

For the last couple of days I have been preparing to leave for Christchurch and then enjoying civilization once I got here. My journey home started with bag drag. Bag drag is when you drag all of your stuff up to Building 140 to be weighed and palleted for the plane the next day. I even had to get

I joined the tribe of "official" ECW monsters today! Heidi, Mike, Christine, Collin, and I just returned from the United States Antarctic Program's (USAP) CDC where we tried on, exchanged, returned, and packed all our Antarctic ECW. When I arrived at the CDC there were two orange duffel bags with my

See ya' later United States! After what feels like months onboard planes and sitting in stuffy airports I have made it to Christchurch, New Zealand! Along the way, I met up with a few more members of the DOM team. Even though they all felt quite grimy after hours of the "canned" air on the flights