Hiking | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Climbing Castle Rock

By Mark Krasberg · January 4, 2010 ·

MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- After we arrived in McMurdo, the first thing we did was get checked out safety-wise to climb Castle Rock. Every time I go to McMurdo I have wanted to hike this famous spot, and this year I finally got my chance... {Read More »}

To the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

By Heidi Roop · November 29, 2009 ·

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA--- Today we go! Both McMurdo and WAIS Divide weather are permitting us to fly! Soon I will board a C-130 Hercules and fly for four hours (about 1,000 miles) to the middle of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet.... {Read More »}