Polar Soils Blog

Perhaps you'll remember the fine company we had at Lake Fryxell for Christmas. The NASA scientists working with the Phoenix Lander were ...

Just under two months after we left Antarctica, our soils have finally caught up with us at Dartmouth! While we were flying home on an airpl...

Well, I'm back at home at Dartmouth now. If you want to hear about some of my and Elizabeth's adventures in New Zealand, check out t...

Well here it is. Our season is over and it's time to leave. In a few hours, we will ride Ivan the Terrabus out to Pegasus Airfield (the ...

I finally got a chance to drive a piston bully today! It's my first track vehicle driving experience. It was FUN!! Well, this is Elizabe...

Antarctica is a very windy continent. In the Dry Valleys, with so much loose rock and soil, wind has a big impact on the landscape. Weatheri...

One Antarctic animal that I haven't talked about yet is the Weddell Seal. Seals are marine mammals that breath air and live on land, but...