Polar Soils Blog

We finally made it out to our first field site in the Dry Valleys. We were supposed to have left yesterday, but the weather was too bad for ...

Hello everyone! I'm Jenn, one of the new grad students on the team. On Friday, I headed off to snow school for some overnight training...

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.