Subglacial Lakes | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Devil Snow

By Zoe Courville · February 4, 2009 ·

RECOVERY LAKES, ANTARCTICA-- We've spent the last 3 weeks, the majority of our science days, in a region known as Recovery Lakes, or the Lake District as we affectionately call it. This system of several lakes, recently discovered, are subglacial-- that is, they are below... {Read More »}

One Month in the Deep Field, Part 4

By Jake Walter · December 26, 2008 ·

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND-- The other science component of the project is to image the subglacial lake underneath Whillans Ice Stream. To do this, we set off a series of explosions... {Read More »}

Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome

By Saffia Hossainzadeh · November 25, 2008 ·

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WHILLANS ICE STREAM / ICE STREAM B, ANTARCTICA-- In these two audio dispatches, I describe our journey to our field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part one, hear about the difficulties involved in escorting 700 pounds of explosives through Antarctica. In part two, hear about our combat-style landing... {Read More »}

Antarctic Life: A Look Back At Our Time In the Field, Part 3

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 31, 2007 ·

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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 »}

Finishing Our Field Work

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 18, 2007 ·

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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… {Read More »}

Caught in the Storm

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 ·

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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… {Read More »}

The Crevasse Encounter

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 ·

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In this audio dispatch I describe our first (and hopefully last!) encounter with a crevasse. … {Read More »}

Seeing Lake Mercer through the Ice

By Slawek Tulaczyk · December 9, 2007 ·

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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… {Read More »}

Crevasse Safety and Mental llusions

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 ·

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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 »}