[We had no internet at WAIS Divide from Jan. 3 to 22, so I'm retroactively updating this blog with reports from our field work over the...

Some of you might be thinking, wait just a minute, why is the Thwaites team still blogging? Aren't they supposed to be huddling in a tent...

We spent another 6+ hours today moving, packing, and banding cargo for next year's (2019-20) passive seismic deployment at our two sites...

McMurdo Station has developed many cultural traditions in its long history of supporting and implementing National Science Foundation...

We went for a 2.3 mile hike today around Hut Point Loop, and this time I brought my camera with a better optical zoom. The Weddell Seals...

A large part of what we've been doing the past few days is collecting, packing, and shipping our science equipment to WAIS Divide camp,...

We went for a walk to Hut Point to say hello to some seals.

This year in the field, we will be deploying 100 Fairfield Geotechnologies Z-Land, Gen 2 3-component 5-Hz seismic nodes. These small...

As you know, we are here in Antarctica as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) Thwaites Interdisciplinary...

As it turns out, despite the long journey, Santa visits even 77.8419° South latitude, McMurdo Station. Shortly after our flight arrived,...

On Dec. 23rd, we arrived in Antarctica! We had some beautiful views of sea ice and glaciers out of the tiny windows of the C-130...

At 5:45AM this morning, a shuttle picked up seven of us staying at the same Christchurch hotel scheduled to be on this morning's C-130...

We arrived at 10:30AM this morning at the USAP offices for our check-in time to fly to McMurdo, but after a 2-hour delay in our check-in...

Where do seismologists go when in Christchurch? Well, we were thinking a lot about the 2010-11 earthquakes, especially after walking past...

Today we had an appointment at 8:30AM to pick up our USAP Antarctic clothing. We watched a training video detailing basic rules and...

The journey to Antarctica begins with a late night of packing and a plane flight from El Paso to Houston. It is 8,307 miles from El Paso...