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Zoe CourvilleZoe Courville studies snow and ice in the Arctic and Antarctica. She has a PhD in material science and works as a research mechanical engineer at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab in Hanover, New Hampshire. During the summer of 2008, Zoe’s research took her to the top of the Greenland Ice Cap. From November 2008 through February 2009, she’s reporting from along a 1,865-mile (3,000 km) journey from the South Pole to Troll Station as part of the Norwegian–U.S. Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica. Zoe loves working in the polar regions and sharing her experiences with others.

Project Page: Into the Great White Open

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Settling in at Summit

SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- On Friday, we had to say goodbye to Tom, who was only up at Summit for the week to run radar profiles… {Read More »}



Arriving in Greenland

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On Monday, our team of Tom Neumann (University of Vermont), Elyse Williamson (Hamilton College), Kristina Sorg (Bowdoin College) and I arrived bright and… {Read More »}



Getting Ready for Greenland

To do field research on top of two miles of ice, you've got to be prepared. Here's what I'm packing. {Read More »}



This Summer’s Research

This summer, I'm headed to Summit, Greenland, to study how snow becomes ice. Here's a short introduction to the project. {Read More »}