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On my social media platforms - @elaine.explains - I shared 24 "Knowledge Nuggets" - bits of trivia about Antarctica counting down to my departure date (and Christmas)! I'd love to share them with you here throughout my time "on ice". Now updated with my own photos! ##Knowledge Nugget 5 **Weddell

Trainings, trainings, and more trainings Living and working at the South Pole is pretty normal in a lot of aspects (we have heating, plumbing, beds, showers, etc.). So sometimes it is easy to forget how the cold makes simple outdoor tasks much more difficult and dangerous. So for our first week

An Overview Before leaving for Antarctica, I ran a few outreach programs having friends, family, and students fill out postcards I designed. Every person asked a question that I am responding to! It has been fun to include members of the South Pole Station in answering your questions! As I am

A Marathon at the South Pole?!? It's true what they say - "Polies" are crazy. ("Polie" is the affectionate name given to South Pole residents). Some especially crazy Polies signed up to run a marathon at the South Pole. There were also options to run a half marathon, 10k, and 5k. Ask someone who

Welcome to the IceCube Lab! We are about one mile away from the South Pole Station. My name is Dominic the DOM and I will be your tour guide! It's -40 degrees out here so let's go inside! Inside you will see a lot of tools and spare parts that we use to fix various parts of the IceCube Detectors

What it takes to get those samples Every day in the lab we are preparing and analyzing soil samples. These soil samples tell us about the environmental condition of areas of the Dry Valleys. We extract the organisms from the soil to determine biological diversity, richness, and interrelationships

On my social media platforms - @elaine.explains - I shared 24 "Knowledge Nuggets" - bits of trivia about Antarctica counting down to my departure date (and Christmas)! I'd love to share them with you here throughout my time "on ice". Now updated with my own photos!!! ##Knowledge Nugget Day 1 **We

Outstanding in our field Last week on our flight back from the field camp we stopped off at a site called Hjorth Hill. This unassuming area of the Dry Valleys experiences different conditions than other place in the Dry Valleys. It sits almost directly across the ice bound sound from McMurdo

I am not traveling alone on my adventure! In some of my journal posts, you might be able to see a few other friends popping up here and there. Let me introduce you to them! ## Beesly the Bumblebee Beesly is the beloved mascot of the Wisconsin Science Festival! IceCube is an avid supporter of

Day 1 My first day at the South Pole I did…… NOTHING! The South Pole is about 10,676 feet in elevation and altitude sickness is a real concern here. We are all advised to take it easy the first few days. I know shoveling snow is in my future, but not for a little while. The first thing I did was