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Up, Up, and Away: Weather at WAIS Divide

By Heidi Roop · January 4, 2010 · comments 2 comments
WAIS DIVIDE, ANTARCTICA-- With flights constantly coming and going with cargo, fuel and passengers, monitoring the weather conditions here at WAIS Divide is a critical and ongoing task... {Read More »}


Getting Thrown into the Fire (Freezer)

By Nick Morgan · November 17, 2009 · comments 3 comments
SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Marc and Cully left on schedule leaving my partner and me to take over. Wouldn’t you know it, the very next day my partner has to leave the ice for a health-related issue and I’m left to run the station on my own having only been there a little over a week!... {Read More »}