Whillans Ice Stream | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Caught in the Storm

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 9, 2007 ·

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 »}

Our Voyage to Whillans Ice Stream

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 ·

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In this initial audio dispatch, I describe the long journey to our field camp, the logistics of setting up camp once we got there, and… {Read More »}

Sighting Lake Mercer, and Skidoo Singing

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 6, 2007 ·

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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… {Read More »}

Measuring the Lakes beneath the Ice

By Slawek Tulaczyk · December 6, 2007 ·

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In this audio dispatch, I describe the work we have been doing since finally reaching our field site. … {Read More »}

I Think I See a Lake under 800 Meters of Ice

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · December 3, 2007 ·

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Yesterday we traveled to the first of the four sub-glacial lakes we plan to visit to install GPS instruments and run radar transects. This lake,… {Read More »}