Polar Soils Blog

We finally made it into the field today! The winds from the storm we had over the past couple of days blew the sea ice away from the docking...

I am at a British research station, so Thanksgiving is not a celebrated holiday. I hope you had a wonderful time with family and/or friends....

Our field work this year will take us out onto glaciers. Even though we study soil, we’ll have to cross glaciers and ice to get to the locat...

It looks like the first places we'll be able to sample are some of the islands near Rothera, which will be accessed from a small boat. U...

A few days ago, we flew from Punta Arenas, Chile to Rothera Station in Antarctica. We flew in a small Dash 7 that is operated by the British...

We have arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile. The flight into Chile was beautiful. We flew over the Andes Mountains, which you can see in this p...

Today the journey begins! I'm off to the airport. It will take about 24 hours to get to Punta Arenas, Chile near the southern tip of Sou...