Arrival at WAIS Divide
[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...
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Scheduled flight for WAIS Divide
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...
Packing passive seismic cargo for next year
We spent another 6+ hours today moving, packing, and banding cargo for next year's (2019-20) passive seismic deployment at our two sites...
Happy New Year from the 30th annual IceStock festival!
McMurdo Station has developed many cultural traditions in its long history of supporting and implementing National Science Foundation...
Weddell Seals and Antarctic Skuas
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...
Shipping our science cargo to WAIS Divide
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,...
Gorgeous day in McMurdo Station
We went for a walk to Hut Point to say hello to some seals.
Even seismic nodes need to recharge their batteries...
This year in the field, we will be deploying 100 Fairfield Geotechnologies Z-Land, Gen 2 3-component 5-Hz seismic nodes. These small...
Understanding the margins of Thwaites Glacier: TIME Project Overview
As you know, we are here in Antarctica as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) Thwaites Interdisciplinary...
Merry Christmas!
As it turns out, despite the long journey, Santa visits even 77.8419° South latitude, McMurdo Station. Shortly after our flight arrived,...
Arrival in Antarctica!
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...
Here we go???
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...
A One Day Weather Delay...
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...
Remembering the 2010-11 Christchurch earthquakes
Where do seismologists go when in Christchurch? Well, we were thinking a lot about the 2010-11 earthquakes, especially after walking past...
USAP clothing distribution center
Today we had an appointment at 8:30AM to pick up our USAP Antarctic clothing. We watched a training video detailing basic rules and...
See you next year, El Paso!
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...
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