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Hello! Eric Muhs, checking in with a first journal entry. Well, I'm headed to the South Pole! Again, actually... I was lucky enough to go once before, way back in 2002, under the umbrella of TEA, PolarTREC's predecessor program at the National Science Foundation. I expect a lot has changed, and you

In a little more than two months, I’ll be getting on an airplane to go to Antarctica. It is beginning to seem more real every day, especially after having spent the last week with the AWS research team at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. I had a very informative week, but more than

Christina and I have been working very hard over the last couple weeks visiting the ABoVE and VIPER sites – meaning we have time to do the "extra" sites on our list. These sites are further south and will make our remaining days jammed packed with not much time to sleep – but it means we get to see

PQ stands for Physically Qualified. This was the email I just received from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) - Center for Polar Medical Operations. What follows is an explanation of what it took to get this notice. The Dry Valleys of Antarctica is one of the most remote locations on the

In addition to thaw depth measurements and soil sampling which I have discussed previously, Christina and I also

As I mentioned yesterday, wildlife sightings are one of the best parts of driving the Dalton Highway. On our way up to Deadhorse Camp, we had been driving for about 5 hours but had also stopped to do some measurements at VIPER sites (I'll talk about these sites in another post). At the 20 mile mark

After spending many, many hours in the truck traveling up and down the Dalton Highway over the last week, I've got mixed feelings – most of the time feeling it is a beautiful road and amazing way to see Alaska – a totally different lifestyle than I am used to (staying at the camps along the highway