Meet the Scientist
This is the third of five "Meet the Scientist" journal entries featuring the members of the intrepid Automatic Weather Station crew. Have you been wondering who is with me here in…
Meet the Scientist
This is the second of five "Meet the Scientist" journal entries featuring the members of the intrepid Automatic Weather Station crew. Have you been wondering who is with me here…
Challenging and unpredictable weather
Click the Media link to see a short video on the variability of the weather here in Antarctica.
I'm here with a team of people who know a lot about weather…
Helicopter yesterday, fixed-wing Twin Otter today!
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We flew to an Automatic Weather Station called 'Sabrina.' There are several really…
Change of Plans
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We were supposed to fly about 500-mile "grid west" of here to service two Automatic Weather Stations called Gill and…
I bet you can predict what I'm going to tell you!
Yep, delayed again.
The weather is...not good. So we sit, hunkered down, waiting for the weather to improve! The Antarctic has bad weather...who…
Meet the Scientist
This is the first of five "Meet the Scientist" journal entries featuring the members of the intrepid Automatic Weather Station crew. Have you been wondering who is with me here…
WEATHER DELAY!
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The flight board showing the cancellation of the flight to Gill AWS.
We were on the list to fly out (on an airplane called a "Twin…
Seals and Pressure Ridges!
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This Weddell seal is relaxing in the Antarctic sun in the pressure ridges near…
Ground Transportation in McMurdo Station, Antarctica
There have been two things in my journals that have gotten the biggest response.
My beard and Ivan!
Growing a beard and Ivan the Terra-bus have…
I spent the day out on the Ross Ice Shelf yesterday!
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Elina Valkonen (on my team - She is from Finland but is studying…
Here is a short video of my first steps on Antarctica.
The landscape is beautiful but while being able to see the beauty, it is also obvious how very desolate, harsh and dangerous it is.View of Mt…
