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Yes, the ozone hole is forming over Antarctica! No, I am not at the South Pole yet. However, the Global Monitoring Division (GMD) of NOAA (the team I will be working with) has many links regarding the formation of the ozone hole: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ Watch the sun continue to rise: South

In the few months that have passed since I was awarded this amazing opportunity I have been getting ready for the big adventure. I have gone to Texas A&M to meet with Steve Sweet, Andrew Klein and Chuck Kennicutt about the project and data collection that we will be doing. I thought it might be

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 69° 49′ S Longitude: 92° 10′ W Air temperature: -7.2 °C (19 °F) Wind chill: -18.7 °C (-1.6 °F) Barometric pressure: 973.6 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): How many penguins live in Antarctica? It

Robert Falcon Scott wrote these words in the early 1900’s. I have just a taste of that feeling after spending a mere 6 hours on the ice today! The note we received for this training: "You are scheduled to attend the Field Safety Training Program’s Sea Ice course. The purpose of this course is to

Location: Ice Station Belgica Erik, Chris, and Jeremy check to see if what lies ahead is safe for travel. Yesterday I reported that our destination today was an area that had been dubbed the "zone of death” by those who scouted the location previously. Why would it be given such a terrible

We just finished a two day meeting onboard the Oden Icebreaker, docked in Landskrona, in the very southwest part of Sweden! The meeting, hosted by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, brought together the Swedish and US scientific teams, representatives from the National Science Foundation Office

Those words come from Apsley Cherry-Garrard, from the Introduction to The Worst Journey in the World which I am presently reading. I guess, considering the penguins, I shouldn’t feel too sorry for myself, but… You can check the temperature at McMurdo Station here and find out that we are COLD. It

Location: **Ice Station Belgica **Latitude: 70° 01 Longitude: 93° 09 Air temperature: -17.8 °C (0°F) Wind chill: -44.3 °C (-48 °F) Barometric pressure: **976.7 mBar **Wind speed: 25 to 30 knots You remember the fairy tale - the children leave a trail of breadcrumbs on their walk

I woke up this morning to discover I had frostbitten finger tips on both thumbs and some of my fingers. White blisters surrounded by darker pink skin had replaced my normal light pink skin. Bummer. I also have already gotten a crack from the dryness. I need to drink more water and stay really

This quote comes from Apsley Cherry-Garrard in his opening sentence of the Introduction to The Worst Journey in the World. Cherry, as he was called, was one of the surviving support members of the fated Scott expedition to the South Pole. Granted, I only spent one night in the cold, but it gave me a