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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 »}


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. … {Read More »}


Crevasse Safety and Mental llusions

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 · comments 1 comment
Any time we travel to a new area, we take a series of precautions to avoid crevasses. First, we look at high-resolution radar and visible light satellite images that show many of the crevasses and… {Read More »}


Mission from Siple Dome

By Slawek Tulaczyk · December 6, 2007 · comments No comments yet
In this audio dispatch, I describe how we were grounded at the Siple Dome airstrip on our way to our field site. As the weather would not permit us to continue for at least three… {Read More »}


Whales and Penguins

By David Ainley · November 26, 2007 · comments 3 comments
I guess I might as well show you, the reader, what the view is from the other direction. This picture wasn’t taken from the RacTent, which is hiding behind a hill and snowdrift to… {Read More »}


Preparing for Ice Camp

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · November 12, 2007 · comments No comments yet
Slawek and I have now been in McMurdo for just over 48 hours. Because of our weather-caused delay, we’re now quite busy making all the necessary preparations for our field work. Tomorrow Rickard and… {Read More »}

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