Polar Soils Blog

We made it to Punta Arenas, Chile! This is a port town at the southern tip of Chile, along the Strait of Magellan. This is where we get on ...

Connor and I begin the journey south today! We will fly from Phoenix (where Arizona State University is) to Punta Arenas, Chile. In Chile, w...

It’s almost time to start our next field season! Our field season begins when we fly south on February 18. That’s just a couple of weeks awa...

Usually, by this time of the year, I'm already on my way to Antarctica. This season, we're leaving for Antarctica a bit later than u...

I usually post about the results of our experiments as they are published. This time, I don't have to post, because it was covered by a ...

In the past, I have posted about working in the penguin rookeries. Most people associate penguins with ice and water, but Adélie penguins ne...

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,...