Taylor Valley Via Wikimedia Commons Being here is exciting and amazing, but I’m not here to have an adventure (that’s just a bonus).  W...

After a few delays, we’ve made it to Antarctica, aka “The Ice”.  After the breakdown of our first plane, our hopes were subdued on Tuesday....

Today we had planned to fly to the the ice from New Zealand.  Along with 19 other researchers and support staff, we piled our gear and ourse...

Notice that my entire carry on is filled with supplies and no tunimportant things, like clothes Twas the night before fieldwork, i...

The Antarctic Dry Valleys, via Google Earth It's time for more fieldwork, although this time I'm a bit farther from my comfort z...

We have officially become shellbacks! In other words, we have crossed the equator by boat. Tonight we stopped at the equator to throw coins ...

Mo, our  colleague  aboard the Atlantis  also has a blog http://dornsife.usc.edu/plume-research/ Andrew