Polar Soils Blog
Track the adventures in research of soil ecology in Antarctica.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Happy New Year!
›
Welcome to 2015! We had a great New Year's Eve. Our day began by visiting Leonie Island, which was our final sampling site. It's a...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Ship Relief
›
It has been a busy time on base these past few days. We have a big ship in port, called the James Clark Ross. This ship brings in relie...
Sunday, December 28, 2014
What we can learn from the Larsen Ice Shelf
›
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a huge piece of ice that sits on the other side of the Antarctic Peninsula from Rothera Station. It is divided into ...
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Holiday Field Work
›
Christmas was very festive here at Rothera Station. One Christmas Eve, everyone on station gathered together after dinner to sing carols, dr...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Marine biology
›
There are a lot of neat creatures living in the ocean around Antarctica: not just whales, seals, and penguins! There’s quite a diversity of ...
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Is there soil in Antarctica?
›
Most of the scientists that work from Rothera Station study either ice or the ocean. There are not many soil scientists. One of the question...
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Next field site: Anchorage Island
›
Yesterday we took a boat out to our next field site at Anchorage Island, which is an island near Rothera Station. So it is the farthest nort...
‹
›
Home
View web version
