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Looking Back: The Storm

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · January 11, 2008 · comments 3 comments
Slawec and I are both back in Santa Cruz now, and will be doing a live webcast at the Exploratorium tomorrow! In the meantime, I'd… {Read More »}


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… {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… {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… {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… {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… {Read More »}

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