Yes, it is true. But never stare at the Sun! Its rays can cause permanent, incurable blindness. The South Pole experiences six continuous months of daylight, when the Sun is above the horizon, and…
The super-massive black hole that resides at the center of our Mily Way galaxy may be producing neutrinos, researchers say in a recent study published by "Physical Review D". Observations from high-…
What would we see if we were able to fly through the ice--the most transparent on Earth--at a depth of two kilometers below the SOuth Pole surface? Click below for a 40-second video-clip taken from…
I have not yet arrived at in Antarctica, but did you know that there is a live video camera that is located right at the South Pole? Most people do not really know about it, but it is taking…
Hello everyone! Just to let you all know that I am already getting ready for deployment at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, next to the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. Estimated…
Today at orientation we mostly focused on travel logistics and cold weather gear. After lunch we got to practice using satellite phones and later went out to the CH2M HILL Polar Services warehouse…
Armando and Janet at the ARCUS main office.
Well, I just wanted to share a few pictures with you. We have started doing our afternoon outings and things are getting really exciting. We visited the Arctic Consortium of the United States (…
The Alaska Range
Janet, Sarah and the rest of the PolarTREC staff have already taught us how to post blog entries at our journal website. We have been issued our MacBook laptop computers and cameras so we are -- at…
What an amazing group of people! That would summarize my experience after my first full day at orientation at the Westmark hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska. When I got selected as a PolarTREC teacher in…