Greetings from (balmy) Antarctica! It’s Dave, back at the blog-posting frenzy that defines our Antarctic field season! It’s good to be back on the ice, especially when friends back home in the Midwest are dealing with an *Arctic* blast that … Continue reading →

Lee and I were bumped off the flight today. We do have high priority because of our commitment to AMOS conference, but there was too long of a list with people with high priority. There is an extra flight scheduled … Continue reading →

We finally got our cargo – the replacement wind direction sensor for Minna Bluff. We were waiting for it for a long time, which is not surprising considering C-17 never came to McMurdo and all operations are done by Hercs. … Continue reading →

I have been really excited to go on a helicopter ride – I have never been in a helicopter before. The last helo flight Lee took was during my happy camper training and I couldn’t go with him. It was … Continue reading →

Lee and I woke up to snow and windy weather in McMurdo. Despite this, we were still confirmed for our Twin Otter flight to Lettau AWS. Lettau is quite a ways away, so we hoped for good weather at the … Continue reading →

Lee and I had quite an eventful day on Saturday, February 2. We finally got priority +  good weather for a Twin Otter flight. We had an ambitious day – to visit Schwerdtfeger, Marilyn and Alexander Tall Tower! site in … Continue reading →

On Monday, January 21, Lee and I went to Erin. The station had old set up and was not transmitting. We installed all new instruments on it and it is now up and running. Erin was a first station I … Continue reading →

The weather was finally good on Tuesday, January 15 for us to fly. Lee and I got really excited to go to Janet. Janet needed a raise and it was originally installed upside down, so in this case meant a … Continue reading →

Lee and I successfully made it to WAIS on January 9 (as scheduled). Our flight was just delayed a couple of hours, considering how the season has been going this is surprisingly on-time. It was really exciting for me to … Continue reading →

Hi All! This is my first post on the AMRC “On the Ice Blog” and it is long overdue! I noticed that Masha has been posting a lot so I will be brief about the things we did in common. … Continue reading →