Category Archives: McMurdo 2011 field season
At the ice edge
Yesterday we finally made it out to where we can sample frost flowers, retracing Dan and Ryan’s track from Saturday out to Cape Royds. We were stopped from reaching the ice edge itself by an abrupt transition from ice over one … Continue reading
Plan C?
I said it was good to have a Plan C as well. Sunday’s normally a day off at McMurdo but after breakfast we headed out to check on our not yet complete frost flower pool and to see if we … Continue reading
Cold, wet, and tired… but we have a hole!
After one day I’d say we’re about a quarter of our way through our execution of plan B. A crew from McMurdo fleet operations came out and drilled a series of overlapping 4 foot diameter holes in the ice … Continue reading
Plan B
It’s always good to have a plan B. When you’re doing field work it’s usually good to have plans C, D, and E as well. Things just never go the way you think they’re going to. Our plan A is … Continue reading
We can see them!
It was a beautiful day at McMurdo today, one of the warmest we’ve had yet. It would have been a spectacular day to be out in the field but unfortunately we had a lot of lab work to catch up … Continue reading
A successful sampling day!
The second round of sampling went much better today, and now we have some ice cores to work on in the lab over the next couple of days. Things started a bit slow this morning, the storm that finally blew … Continue reading
Waiting out the weather
Well, we were hoping for another chance at the sea ice yesterday but a storm came in and kept us confined to McMurdo Station. The winds continued through the night, and have really picked up in intensity today after … Continue reading
First (mis)adventures on the sea ice
We’ve had a busy couple of days getting geared up to start some field work. On Monday we took a long trip out on the sea ice with Dan, a New Zealander who works for the USAP and has long experience … Continue reading
New feature
At the suggestion of a colleague we’ve integrated the blog with Facebook to make things easier for those of you who are avid Facebook users. You can “like” individual posts, or if you “like” the Facebook page “The Deming Ecosystem … Continue reading
Mt. Discovery vs. Mt. Rainier
We have a beautiful view out the window in our lab. The sun never rises very high on the horizon, so for much of the day everything has a nice pink or orange hue. Looking to the south we can … Continue reading