Location: From the Drake Passage into the Strait of Magellan. Latitude: 53° 33′ S Longitude: **72° 28′ W **Air temperature: 4.5 °C (40.1 °F) Wind chill: -7.7 °C (18.4 °F) Wind speed: 15 to 20 knots Barometric pressure: 1004.6 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this
Location: From Peter I Island to the Drake Passage. Latitude: 60° 20′ S Longitude: 82° 30′ W Air temperature: 1.7 °C (35.1 °F) Wind chill: -13.7 °C (7.3 °F) Wind speed: 25 to 30 knots Water temperature: 3.7 °C (38.7 °F) Barometric pressure: 985.6 mBar ** Antarctic
Yesterday we did a lot of packing for our trip tomorrow to New Harbor in the Dry Valleys. I wrote earlier about the logistics of working in Antarctica and how we packed up ALOT of camping gear, fuel, spill kits (to ensure no fuel gets in the environment), even snowmobiles and generators, to go on a
This was my second year working with the KBP group. So when reflecting on this summer there are a lot of comparisons that I naturally make. Last year was a summer of transformation for me - I felt that I came home from a journey of both scientific and personal discovery. This year was more
On Shackleton’s return journey from within 97 miles of the South Pole, they were miles off their course, starving and weak, when by "an almost incredible coincidence the signal flag Joyce had mounted on the depot was raised into sight by a mirage, just in time to save the returning party.” This
Today began with another "Tomato” dive. Nick and Stacy moved the Tomatoes over new dive holes so Stacy could continue collecting samples and photos for her long-term monitoring of the benthic organisms in front of McMurdo. Our dive tender today was Allan Timm. He works in the IT department at
Location: In transit from Ice Station Belgica to Peter I Island. Latitude: 69° 08′ S Longitude: **91° 18′ W **Air temperature: -10.8 °C (12.6 °F) Wind chill: - 29.7 °C (-21.5 °F) Wind speed: 18 to 22 knots Barometric pressure: 981.5 mBar **Antarctic trivia **(answer at the
"We worked hard, ate heartily, and enjoyed life." This quote by Douglas Mawson, an Australian geologist who made several expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900's, sums up my experience so far. Of course, he was eating seals, penguins and skuas, and we get an incredible variety of tasty food in
