Polar Soils Blog

We are currently waiting for our transport to Pegasus Airfield to catch our flight back to Christchurch, New Zealand. We woke up this mornin...

Antarctica has a rich history of exploration. Since the 1800's, explorers have been traveling to Antarctica in search of adventure, scie...

The 5 days have passed, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of the 2008-09 Best Camp Hair Contest is... J U L I A ! ! ! ! Julia cele...

As you've seen from my blog, Antarctica is cold, dry, and gray. But, there's one oasis in this polar desert: the McMurdo Greenhouse....

As we come into late summer here in Antarctica, the sea ice covering the Ross Sea has melted back almost as far as McMurdo. That means that ...

It is time for the Third Annual McMurdo Field Camp Hair Contest! The water restrictions in the dry valleys means that we are not able to sho...

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...