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Nadine Quintana KrupinskiNadine Quintana Krupinski studies the dynamics of ice sheets and the waterways that exist under glaciers. She's a glaciology Ph.D. student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and enjoys working on isolated glaciers in the world's polar regions.

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Video Dispatch : Skidoos

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · January 15, 2008 · comments 3 comments
In our live webcast at the Exploratorium last weekend (to watch click here) we aired some as-of-yet-unseen video dispatches I made at Siple Dome, Antarctica. During the webcast we also mentioned a couple of video… {Read More »}


Camp Tour

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · January 15, 2008 · comments No comments yet
In our live webcast at the Exploratorium last weekend, (Ice Stories: Glaciologists WAIS) we aired some as-of-yet-unseen video dispatches I made at Siple Dome, Antarctica. During the webcast we also mentioned a couple of video… {Read More »}


Looking Back: The Storm

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · January 11, 2008 · comments 3 comments
Slawec and I are both back in Santa Cruz now, and will be doing a live webcast at the Exploratorium tomorrow! In the meantime, I'd like to post some more pictures and videos from our… {Read More »}


Antarctic Life: A Look Back At Our Time In the Field, Part 3

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 31, 2007 · comments No comments yet
The members of our team are now either home or still in the process of making their way there. Looking back at our time in the field here in Antarctica, I want to share some… {Read More »}


Antarctic Life: A Look Back At Our Time In the Field, Part 2

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 30, 2007 · comments 1 comment
The members of our team are now either home or still in the process of making their way there. Looking back at our time in the field here in Antarctica, I want to share some… {Read More »}


Antarctic Life: A Look Back At Our Time In the Field, Part 1

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 28, 2007 · comments No comments yet
As our team finishes up and we all make our way back to the States, I thought I'd post a variety of photos from our time in Antarctica. Our first stop on the journey home… {Read More »}


Finishing Our Field Work

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 18, 2007 · comments 1 comment
In this latest audio dispatch, I describe the end of our field work here--taking down our camp and setting our devices so they continue to collect data for us for the next two years. In… {Read More »}


The Barrier to Lake Conway

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 16, 2007 · comments 2 comments
In this audio dispatch I describe our team's attempt to travel to Lake Conway, one of the sites where we were planning to place our GPS instruments. On the way there, however, our team found… {Read More »}


Caught in the Storm

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 · comments 2 comments
WHILLANS ICE STREAM, ANTARCTICA-- In this audio dispatch I describe the storm that temporarily halted our research and left us stranded in our tents. Listen to the sounds of the storm when I stick the… {Read More »}


The Toilet on the Ice

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 · comments No comments yet
In this short audio dispatch I describe one thing you might not think about when picturing us living on the ice—our toilet. Listen as I describe the process of putting up our Toilet Tent, pictured… {Read More »}

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