Feb 10, 2005 | Antarctica
It’s time to go again. The South Pole is still 9300 feet above sea level (physiologically 11,200’)–in other words, hard work. My LC-130 is waiting for me at “Pegasus Field” under the erupting plume of Mt. Erebus. It was my luck to fix up a pilot the day before...Jan 26, 2005 | Antarctica
Hate these commutes…..don’t you? If people would only brush their teeth! Seems that there are dental problems on the Russian Ice Breaker “Krasin,” “savior of the American Antarctic Program,” according to Russian news...Jan 16, 2005 | Antarctica
After two weeks of blizzard weather, we finally get a sunny day and it’s time for a hike into a new area–hut point ridge which was recently opened. The hike takes us about two hours since we’re looking for rocks, the baby skua (like a gull), and stop...Dec 21, 2004 | Antarctica
Santa finds his way south….Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from McMurdo, Antarctica Martina prepares for Santa’s arrival Antarctic Road Kill–outrun by a Bombadier……stay tuned for New Years!!!Dec 12, 2004 | Antarctica
There is nothing so much more enjoyable than spending your sunny Sunday fishing with Art DeVries. He always catches fish (even has one named after him–Paraliparis devriesi) and if you are lucky you will see a seal snout or two. Art is reasearching glycoproteins...