November 25, 2007, Thursday McMurdo Station, Antarctica 10:30pm High: +28F wind chill: +18F Low:  +18F    wind chill +5FF Winds: SE 10-15 knts; Station Pressure: 28.800” Present Conditions: overcast…
November 22, 2007, Thursday McMurdo Station, Antarctica 8:00pm High: +23F wind chill: +12 F Low:  +12F    wind chill –4F Winds: S 12-20 knts; gusts to 35knts Station Pressure: 28.880” Present…
Settling in to life at the "bottom of the World" Monday McMurdo Station, Antarctica 10:00pm High; 23F wind chill: +12 F Low: +12F wind chill –4F Winds: E 7-15 knts Station Pressure: 29.190” Present…
McMurdo Weather Conditions 1900hrs. Mostly cloudy;  winds E 7-12kts High: +23F wind chill 0F Low: +10F  wind chill -4F Station Pressure: 29.080" McMurdo Bound! We reported to the CDC at 3:30AM…
At 1pm today we had our appointment at the Clothing Distribution Center, also known as the CDC. When I hear CDC I keep thinking of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These layers prevent…
Wednesday, November 12-14, 2007 Christchurch, New Zealand I have one more flight left to get to McMurdo! We have taken 4 flights to get this far! At the end of last week I finished getting my…
Students from several of the classrooms at PinOak MS and Bellaire HS had lots of questions and were more then a bit surprised at how much someone has to wear in the summer time in Antarctica. This…
The past few days and the upcoming ones have become even busier then I think I could realize.  Lollie  (she is on the Oden Expedition leaving after me), had a set of extreme cold weather clothing…
In the few months that have passed since I was awarded this amazing opportunity I have been getting ready for the big adventure. I have gone to Texas A&M to meet with Steve Sweet, Andrew Klein…
March 25, 2007 Believe it or not, winter does exist and it lasts longer then 10 days! It is March 24th and there are several feet of snow. The temperature tonight is supposed to be -25F!!! I have…