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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Skidoo Situation

By Slawek Tulaczyk · December 12, 2007 · comments No comments yet
In this audio dispatch I describe our skidoo mishaps, and how our bad luck was swiftly followed by aid and good fortune. …
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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…
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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…
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The Crevasse Encounter

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 · comments No comments yet
In this audio dispatch I describe our first (and hopefully last!) encounter with a crevasse. …
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Seeing Lake Mercer through the Ice

By Slawek Tulaczyk · December 9, 2007 · comments No comments yet
In this audio dispatch I describe a major achievement in our project: using radar technology to see Lake Mercer beneath the ice, gathering important data…
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Our Voyage to Whillans Ice Stream

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 · comments 1 comment
In this initial audio dispatch, I describe the long journey to our field camp, the logistics of setting up camp once we got there, and…
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