Polar Soils Blog
Track the adventures in research of soil ecology in Antarctica.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Shackleton’s Endurance
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People have been coming to the Antarctic for over 100 years. I get to fly down on airplanes and live in heated buildings with electricity, t...
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Happy New Year!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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...
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