Hooray Snow! I woke up early this morning because it was my turn to check in and I opened my tent and there was snow on the ground. It doesn't snow that often or that much in the Dry Valleys so I was excited to see the little flakes falling from the sky. By mid-morning all the mountains surrounding
Welcome to Happy Camp!! This 2 day training was designed to provide us with the tools we would need to survive if stuck out away from McMurdo either because of rapidly changing weather conditions or because of some accident—God forbid. Bottom line…if we leave base, we must know how to survive in
More will be coming about Happy Camper School, but let me be clear. Yes...I have all ten fingers and toes, ears and nose!! I'm a bit wind burned...OK...a lot wind burned, but fine. I just want to get this portion out before the big game. While we were getting settled in for the night last evening, I
Today was kind of a bittersweet day. All of our sampling is done and today we had to pack everything up. It is great to be done and everyone is excited to go home, but the Dry Valleys are an amazing place and I will definitely be sad to go. Yesterday the five of us moved and boxed up over 1200 lbs
Students will sing a song and engage in an active game to learn more about ice algae and its role in the arctic ecosystem.
Objective
Students will learn about the arctic ecosystem, particularly the roles of ice algae, plankton, krill, fish, birds, seals, whales and polar bears through song and active participation.
Today was the last day that we took ice samples from the glacier. Tim and Scott are taking clean ice cores of the glacier to answer the questions; What is the age of the ice and What was going on when the ice formed? If they can better understand the glacial processes that were going on when the ice
