Polar Soils Blog

I've been spending the past couple of days getting our laboratory set up and our field gear put together and running. Today I've bee...

Jenn and I have arrived at McMurdo Station, Antarctica! On Wednesday, we woke up early in Christchurch, packed our bags and were driven to t...

Today we were outfitted with all of the gear we need to wear while in Antarctica. The board in the top picture shows the variety of clothes ...

Well, Jenn and I have made it safely to Christchurch, New Zealand. It has been a long two days and every leg of the trip ran a little bit la...

We've begun our journey south! Jenn and I are on the bus to Boston now. The first leg of the trip has begun.

We're all packed up to go! Tomorrow morning Jennifer and I start our 5-day journey to Antarctica. First, we fly commercially to Christch...

We are at the one-week mark! We leave for Antarctica on December 11, exactly one week from today. I'm finishing all of the labwork that ...