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Antarctica, says writer Bill McKibben, is "…this planet’s greatest margin, its strangest edge.” Nick and Stacy under the ice. Photo by Rob Robbins. And the edge of the ocean as it meets the land under Antarctic ice yields some very strange creatures. This morning, Stacy and Nick dove with Rob

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 69° 31′ S Longitude: **92° 23′ W **Air temperature: -12.5 °C (9.5 °F) Wind chill: -28.7 °C (-19.7 °F) Wind speed: **11 to 13 knots **Barometric pressure: 978.1 Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): The word igloo comes

"What was once thought to be a featureless abyss is in fact a dynamic, variable and biologically rich environment." Katrin Linse, a marine biologist with the British Antarctic Survey, said this about Antarctic sea life. Crary Lab, where the scientists are based at McMurdo, is named for Alfred P

"Those Hut Point days would prove some of the happiest of my life. Just enough to eat and keep us warm, no more – no frills or trimmings: there is many a worse and more elaborate life… the luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.” Apsley Cherry-Garrard Allen

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 69° 43′ S Longitude: 92° 00′ W Air temperature: -12.2 °C (10.4 °F) Wind speed: 10 to 15 knots Barometric pressure: 987.0 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): Shipboard speeds are commonly expressed in knots

While every day at McMurdo brings new challenges (hard stuff) and opportunities (fun stuff), there are some aspects of life here that are the same each day. So let's walk through a typical day... My alarm goes off at 6 am and I open the little blue flap that serves as a curtain in my dorm to see

We have been so busy trying to get things up-and-running that it was a rare moment today when we were all in the lab together with the cozy familiarity of working together and apart but all for a common purpose. It is a good feeling, and helps provide some of the sense of family that we are

Today was my first day helping the divers. Employees at McMurdo can get the "okay” from their supervisors to take a day or part of a day to help scientists. It is great for the employees to see some of the science that goes on here, and great for the scientists to interact with people from all over

Today we were trained on two different "light” vehicles, the Tucker and the Pisten Bully. The Tucker weighs 9,700 lbs and you can see how big it is compared to Bryan. Bryan is 6'2" tall! Bryan and the Tucker. Photo by Marcus Kolb. Julie Bonneau trained us on how to drive and maintain the Tucker