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Snowcraft I is called "Happy Camp” and is mandatory survival training for anyone going off-base at McMurdo. Following is the preamble we got in our letter from the FSTP (Field Safety Training Program). "You are scheduled to attend our basic overnight course: Snowcraft I. First of all, this should be

Our team completed two on-line trainings before we started on this adventure. We had two more at the CDC before we left, and then a welcome and meeting when we first arrived at McMurdo. Today we had EIGHT more training sessions! I am just going to give a quick overview of the trainings today; I will

As the time nears for the trip to Antarctica, so does the time to get people excited to follow along! As our first two trips of this field season make their way around the icy continent of Antarctica, it's time to make sure people are following their journey. On the evening of October 15, 2007, I

Location: Ice Station Belgica Lots going on at Ice Station Belgica, here’s a quick summary of the major activities the past two days: Friday 10/5 Continuous CTD casts – the ship was repositioned in the afternoon to run continuous CTD casts throughout the afternoon, evening, and late night

Location: Ice Station Belgica Latitude: 70° 09 S Longitude: 94° 21 W Air temperature: -7.3 °C (18.9 °F) Wind chill: -8.7 (16.3 °F) Wind speed: 5 to 10 knots Barometric pressure: 987.8 mBar Antarctic trivia (answer at the end of this journal entry): If you walked in a

These words come from Stephen Pyne in The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica and they came to mind when I first saw the icy continent. We woke up before 5 a.m. to catch our shuttle from the Windsor Bed & Breakfast back to the CDC. Do you remember what that stood for? The answer is at the bottom if you

Fall in Flagstaff is Spring in Christchurch, New Zealand When we crossed the International Date Line we changed the date, and when we crossed the equator we changed the seasons! When it is fall in the Northern hemisphere, it is spring in the Southern hemisphere. The Tram Stop and blooming poppies in

During the night, on our flight, we crossed the International Date Line – which runs a zig-zag pattern north and south down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The International Date Line isn’t a straight longitude line because then some of the Pacific island nations would be on two different dates

After finishing my packing and doing some last minute work at school, my husband and daughter drove me to the Flagstaff airport and I said "good bye” to them for 7 weeks. I still can’t believe I’m going to be away from them for so long, and so far away… Then my flight was delayed. And delayed again

Location: Ice Station Belgica We have officially established our home base for the next three weeks or so. Ice Station Belgica is the name given to the project location. The ice floe we’re working on is approximately circular and we think about 1.5 miles in diameter. Over the next few weeks we’ll be