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Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 70° 03′ S Longitude: 93° 59′ W Air temperature: -9.4 °C (15.1 °F) Wind chill: -24.1 °C (-11.4 °F) Wind speed: 13 – 15 knots Barometric pressure: 964.3 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): Ice fish, a

The first major polar expeditions in Antarctica began over 100 years ago, so there have been centenary anniversaries for various expeditions over the past six years, with more celebrations to come. We are now close to the 100-year anniversary of the first motorized vehicle to come to Antarctica

Today I got to see my first Weddell seals! Stacy and I met Susan Detweiler from the Field Safety Training Program and Carl Klimt, our volunteer for the day, and drove out on the sea ice in the Tucker for about 45 minutes to an area called the Cinder Cones. There are flagged roads on the sea ice that

Marcus and Stacy started the day with a dive that went down the dive hole in one Tomato and came up in the other one. This kept our divetenders of the day, Matt and Mandy, really busy! First we chipped and dipped ice out of both Tomatoes. Mandy chips ice Matt chips ice Then we moved all the dive

This morning was Condition 2 - the winds are blowing snow and the temperatures are cold (surprise!) and the visibility is low. I took a radio with me and gallumphed down onto the sea ice in full ECW gear. I could still see the Tomato but it wasn't bright red today in these nasty conditions. View of

On the evening of October 15, 2007 over 2,000 people walked through the door of Science City @ Union Station in Kansas City, MO. Two organizations had a booth side by side to help increase interest in polar science. Gillette at Science City explaining glacier formation. This free event takes place 4