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The theme for the day: Packing! Everything must be packed up and ready to go to the field. The team leaves for the field Wednesday, but everything must basically be packed up today so we can organize helo loads. We also needed to break down the Bot House tent and flooring system so that it can be

Today is my first real day off! I did have a day off when I first arrived but Stacy was kind enough to take us on an all day field trip (it was really fun). This is the first day that I have absolutely nothing to do. Of course, I slept a little later (9:00am) and then after a yummy brunch I did lots

I went out to the drilling site in the morning and it was really windy. How windy was it? It was so windy that Andrew had to hold on to me to keep me from hitting the ground. I was literally knocked down by the wind twice and had to grab onto large rocks. When I got to the drilling site, I had to

When we set up camp in the evening on November 17, it was a dry, sunny, clear day and I thought to myself, the Dry Valleys are not like the rest of Antarctica. The temperature felt like it could be a spring day in the high Sierras of California. Within 24 hours the winds that Beacon Valley is famous

What an amazing day today! Landing in Christchurch, New Zealand this morning was beautiful. This land has been a jumping off place for many an Antarctic explorer throughout history. Along with a statue of James Cook, in the square, you can find the figure of Robert Falcon Scott standing by the Avon

In Antarctica, things don't always go as planned! We had originally planned to breakdown the Bot House today and start packaging it up for shipment (via helicopter) to the Dry Valleys. But, the electricians need to do a bit more work on it, so it is not quite ready to be disassembled. In the mean

Today is the Big Day. Almost one year in the planning with a few twists and turns in the expedition, but I will shortly be in a helicopter beginning the PolarTREC experience in Beacon Valley. In addition to transporting me to Beacon Valley, the helicopter will move the camp from the first location

This is the last day in McMurdo and I have a choice. I can do laundry, or go SCINI dipping. Cameo Slaybaugh tells me that her researcher, Dr. Stacy Kim, needs extra hands to help with the Underwater ROV (see Cameo's journals for the project details).Cameo's journal After she explained that I get to

I overslept - almost. My alarm went off at 5:30am but I didn't realize that was what the noise was (it must have been a really good dream). Luckily, my roommate got up and woke me. I had a 7:00am meeting and I wanted to eat breakfast first. It is not a good idea to skip a meal because you may not be

First thing this morning, the whole team and one volunteer packed up to go to Cape Evans. That meant that we needed to transport all of the equipment and eight people. The Pisten Bully was just not large enough, even with a trailer attached. That meant that three of us needed to use snowmobiles