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At the beginning of my stay, I had the privilege to see the largest telescope of that kind on earth. It is called the South Pole Telescope and it has a reflector of 10 meters in diameter. Helmuth Spieler, one of the principal investigators, presented to me his research and showed me the telescope

The day began way too early! We had a small window of time beginning at 7am for breakfast and souvenir shopping! Then a hike for a tour of Scott’s Hut at 8am or a tour of the Aquarium (how much can we cram into a couple of hours???). As I was sitting at breakfast with Kelly Faulkner from NSF up

Local Posting Day and Time- 1-8-08 9:05PM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 1-8-08 2:05AM McMurdo Weather Temperature- 31F Wind Direction- Southeast Wind Speed- 15 mph Wind Chill- 21F Answer to Yesterday's WATIZIT Congratulations to Travis, Ann Berne-Rannow's class, and Ms Nelson's class; Yes

Below are two audio files from our trip out to Windless Bight on the 7th, McMurdo time.

To all of my students welcome back to school and to a new year. I hope you all had a great holiday. I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in a few weeks. Mr. B. Welcome back.... Travis Mayra Sarah Alex Forrest Micaela Caleb Zach Dakota Tina Kellam Tyler Shelby Elaina Susannah Madelyn

Satellites at the South Pole. Welcoming a new member of the research team! Temperature: - 25.7 C, - 14.3 F Windchill: - 30.9 C, - 23.6 F Wind: 2.9, Grid 158 Weather: sunny with scattered high clouds, over casting during the evening. Before I am reporting again about yet another amazing day at South

Latitude: 77.57 S Longitude: 167.40 E Temperature: -3 degrees C Wind chill: -14 degrees C We were informed on the 6th to be ready to leave the Oden between the 7th and the 8th. Everyone went into overdrive! There was last minute packing, cleaning, laundry, etc. that went on almost until departure