Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dr. Becky Meets her Hero in Antarctica

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We've had a very special guest in town at McMurdo for the past week or two. Sir David Attenborough is down filming for his new nature se...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Penguins Aren't Just Cute: They Influence Soil!

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Yesterday, all four of us went to Cape Royds where there is an Adelie penguin rookery. Adelie (pronounced uh- dell -ee) penguins are one of ...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Measuring Biotic Activity

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Today, Julia and I went to the Lake Bonney basin to take some measurements on the stoichiometry plots. This is the experiment I posted about...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Snowfall in the Dry Valleys

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I've spent the past five days in the dry valleys. As you've heard, we were weather-delayed getting out there. Then weather delayed m...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Stoichiometry Sampling... a Little Late!

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We finally got a small enough window in the bad weather for me to get out to the field yesterday. Now I'm back at Lake Fryxell. The work...
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

McMurdo Weather

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After 4 days at station working in the lab, we were supposed to be going back to the field today. But we have yet another bad-weather day th...
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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Our Group is Complete!

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Our other two group members, Ross and Julia, arrived yesterday in Antarctica. Our group is now complete! We've been very busy working in...