Polar Soils Blog

Well, the weather hasn't gotten any better! I woke up this morning to find it snowing outside. My trip to Bonney to make my measurements...

Welcome to the first post of 2011! It's been a busy New Year for me here at McMurdo. At the end of last week (and the end of 2010) I was...

Back by popular demand... it's the Fourth Annual Camp Hair Contest! The water restrictions in the dry valleys means that we are not able...

This week, Mike, Jenn and I have been working on one of the long-term experiments we're running in the dry valleys. This experiment inv...

You wouldn't think that the oceans around Antarctica would have a lot of exciting marine animals. But it does! The shores around Antarct...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. For the holiday, I hiked from F6 with the Stream Team to Lake Hoare, where everyone in Taylor Valley ...

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...