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This morning, I said goodbye to my dive team friends James, Ian, and Shawn. It had been a great four days being with them. It was a privilege being their "dive tender". I was especially grateful for their help bringing my students into their work, literally (check yesterday's journal for details)

American Fork Junior High students team up with Antarctic scientists to do something never done before. They chatted live, from their classroom, to an Antarctic Scientist / Diver who was on a dive, below the ice, of a lake in Antarctica! On 1/16/19, at 10:24am Antarctic time, history was made. 9th

Here is a short, fun little timewarp video of me setting up my tent here at Bonney Camp.

Yesterday was kind of a cloudy day, so when I woke up to clear skies I was amazed by the views in every direction, I just could not stop looking. It was like I was

This morning, I said goodbye to Dr. Mark Salvatore and his crew at Lake Fryxell. I hopped on an A-Star helicopter and made a beautiful 20-minute flight up higher into Taylor Valley. I passed Lake Hoare and many other frozen lakes and ponds, several massive

Here is a video of my hike above our Lake Fryxell Camp during an Antarctic storm. I also find (and show you) another seal mummy up on this climb.

##What's an Antarctic Polygon?

##Evening Hike Adventures Now, for

The Wormherders Make the Newspaper Check out this cool article in the Daily Herald about our team. ##Lake Fryxell Camp ##Return to

Yesterday's Helicopter Ride From McMurdo To The Dry Valleys

##The P3 Experiment Explained Clearly

P3 stands for the "Pulse Press Project". We are simulating permafrost melting to see the effects of microbes in

It's coming up on 2am. I am so tired. Here is a quick summary of our day and then I'm closing my eyes for a couple hours. Woke up to a fire alarm in McMurdo this morning. Just a drill. Ate breakfast in the galley. Always good food there, and a lot of it. Notified we were on a weather delay and would

Home! After just about five weeks of being in Antarctica, I'm now home safe and sound. School is back in full swing. There are no flight schedules to check, no humidity sensors to raise, no 70-pound lead-acid batteries to heft, no helicopters to load, no "house mouse" duties, and no "bag-drag"

Early morning hike up Observation Hill ##Last day of preparation before our helicopter flight into the Dry Valleys tomorrow. We spent today making final preparations for our 11am helicopter flight into the Dry Valleys. I have been away from home for 10 days now, and it has been one big adventure