Polar Soils Blog

The bad weather while we were at Fryxell last week brought in another lost guest to the camp: an Adelie penguin! There are two main types of...

I have not been able to post for the past few days. Just after my last post, I took a helicopter from Lake Bonney back to Lake Fryxell, wher...

Down here in Antarctica, eating is very important. We have to stay energized to face the cold weather, hike through the field to do our rese...

We had a very curious visitor today. A skua has been hanging out around our camp, hoping to find some food. A skua (pronounced "skoo-uh...

We work very hard here on Antarctica, but sometimes we have fun, too! Here are some photos of people having fun during the past week. This g...

The past couple of days, Mike and I have been doing field work out at Lake Bonney. The weather has been very sunny for the past couple of da...

Most people think of Antarctica as being cold, snowy, and ice-covered. While that is true for some parts of Antarctica (like, the South Pole...