Antarctica | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

The Question Everyone Wants to Ask but Doesn’t….

By Heidi Roop · December 6, 2009 ·

WAIS DIVIDE, ANTARCTICA-- I know that I was curious before I got here about many of the in’s and out’s of Antarctic life. One basic aspect of life is using the restroom and I wasn’t exactly sure how that worked down south... {Read More »}

Thanksgiving at 90° South

By Nick Morgan · December 1, 2009 ·

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SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Thanksgiving here at the Pole was a treat. The galley staff really knows what they are doing down here and created a great Thanksgiving meal... {Read More »}

Beacon Valley Timelapse

By Doug Kowalewski · November 27, 2009 ·

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BEACON VALLEY, ANTARCTICA-- There are two things that I never get accustomed to while in Antarctica: the beauty of the landscape and the rapid changes in weather... {Read More »}

The Best of the Seven Continents!

By Heidi Roop · November 25, 2009 ·

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- On November 18th, we actually got the go ahead to head south! Our C-17 airplane was ready and the weather at McMurdo had finally cleared... {Read More »}

9,000 Miles Down and 2,000 to Go

By Heidi Roop · November 11, 2009 ·

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND-- After long hours on the plane, crossing the international dateline, and lots of security checkpoints, I have finally traveled the first leg of my long journey!... {Read More »}

Meet Dustin, Our Software Engineer

By Stacy Kim · November 9, 2009 ·

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- Dustin Carroll, Software Engineer, tells us about his Antarctic experience and his work with the SCINI project... {Read More »}

Welcome to Beacon Valley

By Doug Kowalewski · November 5, 2009 ·

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BEACON VALLEY, ANTARCTICA-- On November 3rd the field team arrived into Beacon Valley where we will spend the next six weeks working, sleeping, and enjoying life in sub-zero (Celsius) temperatures... {Read More »}

Interview with the Outgoing South Pole Winter-over

By Nick Morgan · November 4, 2009 ·

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SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Well, after numerous weather delays, I arrived at the South Pole on October 27th. The previous winter-overs running the Atmospheric Research Observatory, LTJG Marc Weekley and engineer Patrick Cullis, were there to greet me at the ski-way... {Read More »}

Field Camp

By Stacy Kim · November 3, 2009 ·

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- We've just returned from 2 weeks at Bay of Sails, where we were deploying SCINI to look at iceberg scours on the seafloor and the destruction, and recovery, of benthic communities there. All our high-tech science and engineering was supported out of the most primitive of camps... {Read More »}

Age Matters

By Doug Kowalewski · November 2, 2009 ·

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- The primary science objective for our field team this season is to core buried glacier ice to depths of 40+ meters. The outstanding question is, how old is the ice?... {Read More »}

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