Polar Soils Blog

Yesterday we had some very nice weather! It was foggy and misty, but there was no rain and very little wind. Antarctica is a very windy cont...

We have had a productive day of sampling! We visited a new site on Nelson Island, which is nearby to the peninsula where the research statio...

The weather here at Escudero hasn't been very good, so we've had to mostly stay indoors for the past couple of days. We've had a...

The main research goal for our project is to understand how plants and soil interact with each other during ecological succession. After a g...

Well, so much has happened since my last post! Dr. Hannah and I were on the RV Betanzos for two weeks sampling around the top and east side ...

We successfully made it to Antarctica! Our flight left Punta Arenas, and we landed on King George Island the night of January 2. We briefly ...

We safely arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile. Normally we stay here for a couple of days to pack gear and get ready. But, bad weather is moving ...