Thursday, January 21, 2010

Back at F6

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We finally made it back to one of the penguin rookeries that we needed to visit. After two days of trying to get to Cape Crozier but being s...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

There's more than just penguins here!

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When people think of animals that live in Antarctica, they almost always think of penguins, seals, and whales. And, while those animals do l...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Waiting for a Helo... AGAIN!

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We've been trying for the past two days to get to Cape Crozier, one of the other penguin rookeries we want to sample. But, bad weather s...
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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