Polar Soils Blog

One of the most noticeable features of the soil in the dry valleys are the strange shapes that cover the ground. These are most noticeable w...

A helicopter delivered a package to F6 camp. It was our new outhouse! At the camps in the dry valleys, there is no plumbing. All of our wast...

Today I flew back to the camp at F6 on Lake Fryxell in Taylor Valley. Because there were two stops we needed to make before dropping me at F...

Friday evening I returned to McMurdo Station from Cape Royds. In Antarctic lingo, we call that going back to "Mactown." There, I m...

Yesterday evening I left Lake Fryxell and flew to Cape Royds, one of the penguin rookeries on Ross Island. While I am here, I will be measur...

This is my second day of field work in the dry valleys. Today I was sampling along stream edges for moss. I've been sampling moss for a ...

Today I left McMurdo Station and headed to the dry valleys to being my field work. Every time I go between McMurdo and my field sites in the...