Polar Soils Blog

The weather has been very uncooperative for the past week and a half! It was hard getting everyone back into town after our field work last ...

Nitrogen is the most common element in the atmosphere and the air we breathe (78%), and it is a necessary element for life. It is an importa...

Most people think of Antarctica as being a big, cold, dead place. When you see photos of our research in the dry valleys, you don't see ...

Well, we finally made it out to the field. The weather at McMurdo has been very patchy. There's been snow and a lot of clouds. But, the ...

Because the Dry Valleys are so remote, we fly on helicopters to get there. Today we were supposed to fly to Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney. Bu...

Our final team member, Ross, arrived Saturday night. So, we are now a complete group of 4 from Dartmouth! Together, we've spent the past...

The plants and animals that live in the Dry Valleys are very small. Because they are so small, they are often difficult to locate, and even ...