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To Antarctica

By John Cassano · August 27, 2009 · comments 9 comments
MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- I’ve spent the last 4 days in transit from the US to Antarctica. I left home midday on Saturday (22 August), flying from Denver to San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand... {Read More »}


Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Clouds

By Mark Krasberg · January 16, 2009 · comments 4 comments
SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA-- On December 16, I flew to the South Pole. To get to the pole, we fly on specially outfitted LC-130 Hercules cargo planes which are operated by the New York Air National Guard. These planes have skis on them so they can land on the ice runway... {Read More »}


Glaciers from the Air

By Mary Miller · December 22, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA-- On our flight to the South Pole, the view out the tiny windows on the LC-130 are mostly of a flat, white, vast ice scape. But there are some interesting features… {Read More »}


Homeward Bound

By Howie Koss · December 9, 2008 · comments 2 comments
OFFSHORE NEW HARBOR CAMP, ANTARCTICA-- November 24th, 2008: my final day at the Offshore New Harbor Camp. After completing nearly 48 kilometers of seismic data collection... {Read More »}


Tango 1 and the Air We Breathe

By Kelly Carroll · November 25, 2008 · comments No comments yet
MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- We have been preparing for a week to move to our deep field location, Tango 1. Tango 1 is a camp deep in the Transantarctic Mountains about 800 miles from the McMurdo Station. This is going to be a completely new Antarctic experience for me... {Read More »}


It Takes a Lot to Get Here

By Kelly Carroll · November 20, 2008 · comments 3 comments
MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- This is my first official day at the main US research base in Antarctica: McMurdo Station. I am very excited to start bringing you the stories of POLENET science and what life is like as we do our work from one of the most remote places on the face of the planet... {Read More »}


Antarctic Geology

At first glance, Antarctica seems to turn a cold shoulder to geologists. How do you study minerals and landforms on a continent that’s almost entirely covered by ice? But dauntless geologists are using a full range of tricks to peer under the ice. . .and what they’re finding is a big surprise. {Read More »}


The Road to ANDRILL

By Christina Riesselman · February 29, 2008 · comments 1 comment
MCMURDO ICE SHEET-- In this video dispatch, ride in a special Mat Track truck across the ice sheet with me as I travel with ANDRILL Staff Scientist Richard Levy from McMurdo Station to the ANDRILL… {Read More »}


Sighting Lake Mercer, and Skidoo Singing

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 · comments No comments yet
Yesterday we made a trip to Lake Mercer, the second lake of the four lakes we plan to visit during our field work. The lake has been informally named Lake Mercer because it’s located on… {Read More »}


Flying to Whillans Ice Stream at Last

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 4, 2007 · comments 1 comment
Yesterday the pilots arrived at Siple Dome at 12:45pm, and they were eager to load the plane and take off as soon as possible. To speed things along, all hands at Siple came to help… {Read More »}

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