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Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 70° 02′ S Longitude: **93° 43′ W **Air temperature: -7.7 °C (18.4 °F) Wind speed: 5 to 10 knots Barometric pressure: 967.2 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): Fish that live in Antarctic waters need special

Yesterday we did our first dive out of the Tomato. There were three strikes against the Tomato dive. The biggest one was the five-foot drop down to the icy water. The Tomato sits higher up on the ice than the dive huts and it was a big drop down. The second strike was that the heater didn’t work so

Yesterday we met Tom and Adam out on the sea ice in front of the station with the giant Reedrill rig pulled by the humungous Challenger Caterpillar. The Reedrill can drill four-foot diameter dive holes in the sea ice. Tom uses the Reedrill to drill a 4-foot diameter hole in the sea ice Adam, Stacy

Most nights we work in the lab (really!) but tonight was a special night. The first American Night at Scott Base. Scott Base is the New Zealand base in Antarctica, and slang for New Zealanders is "kiwis". The base really is lime-green. Here I am at Scott Base! "Scott Base is located at Pram Point on

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: **69° 44′ S **Longitude: 92° 45′ W Air temperature: -2.2 °C (28 °F) Wind chill: **-21.4 °C (-6.5 °F) **Wind speed: 25 to 30 knots Barometric pressure: 966.3 mBar Relative humidity: 94.2% **Antarctic trivia **(answer at the end of this

Latitude: 69° 30′ S Longitude: 92° 23′ W Air temperature: **-13.7 °C (7.3 °F) **Wind chill: -23.3 °C (-9.9 °F) Wind speed: 6 to 10 knots Barometric pressure: 982.8 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): Fast-ice isn’t fast, and grease ice isn’t

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 69° 89′ S Longitude: 93° 10′ W Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): The Titanic, though billed to be "unsinkable” sank in under three hours after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic on April 14, 1912. The iceberg wasn’t

One step forward, two steps back is how it feels sometimes - but progress is being made! On October 16th the guys went out to try and get the transducer "unstuck” from the ice. This took a funnel and some hot water being sent down the iced-over hole. Meanwhile, Stacy and Nick were diving below the

Last night was the weekly Science Club meeting. I have a loyal group of about 10 students who are willing to give up sitting in front of a TV, or listening to their music player to spend two hours learning more about science. I don't think I'd want too many more, their questions are so numerous that

On Monday, October 15th, Nick and Marcus put SCINI together. It may look like giant lego pieces, but all the cables have to line up and connect, and everything has to end up waterproof! Nick (left) and Marcus connecting the cables on SCINI After several hours, and a few times of having to redo