Polar Soils Blog
Track the adventures in research of soil ecology in Antarctica.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
What do we do with the samples we ship home?
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While we were in Antarctica earlier this year, we were able to do some of the analyses we need to measure on the soil we collected. However,...
Friday, March 27, 2015
How water tracks influence soil biology: the results
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You might remember the field work we were conducting a couple years ago on water tracks. (You can read more about them in my posts from Octo...
Monday, January 19, 2015
Now that I'm home... some videos!
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I made it back to Phoenix, Arizona last week according to schedule. It was a long journey, taking about 25 hours total. When I got home, I c...
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Back in Punta Arenas, Chile
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After almost two months at Rothera Station, we have begun the journey back home. We flew from Rothera back to Punta Arenas, Chile. While w...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Wrapping up the Field Season
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We've been spending a lot of time on the microscopes looking at our samples. We are interested in the invertebrates living in the soil. ...
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...
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