So it is that time of year again when we deploy to the Ice. It involves a long flight from Wisconsin to New Zealand, through Australia this year, to get our gear before heading to the ice. The flight was … Continue reading →

Hello! This marks my first post to the On the Ice Blog for the 2012-2013 field season. It feels great to finally be down here, after some long, but relatively smooth, flights from the US to Sydney, Australia to Christchurch, … Continue reading →

Here’s more on South Pole Stations record breaking week of weather (Courtesy of South Pole Meteorology Office): December 24th: The peak wind speed of 29 kts/33 mph broke the previous record of 28 kts/32 mph set in 1996. December 24th: … Continue reading →

Here is an update on the South Pole and nearby Nico and Henry Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) record high temperatures recorded on 25 December 2011: The prior record high temperature at South Pole was recorded on 27 December 1978, not … Continue reading →

South Pole (and nearby AWS sites) have recorded record warm temperatures on December 25, 2011. South Pole Meteorology Office notes the following: “The temperature topped out at -12.3C/9.9F yesterday at 0250 UTC/1550 NZDT 12/25, not quite to 10F” University of Wisconsin Automatic Weather … Continue reading →

So it has been a while since I’ve updated, things have gotten quite busy here. In the past 2 weeks we’ve visited 5 stations,  I’m going to talk about the first 4 in this post and will have a separate … Continue reading →

So we’ve made it down to the ice again. This year is a bit more involved than last year, which is why I will be down until mid to late January. So far the plan, which will inevitably change, is … Continue reading →

Sorry it has taken me so long to update.  Things have been a bit hectic here, and for a bit I was sick, but now I am back and ready to let everyone know about my first experience at a … Continue reading →

Sorry for the long time between updates, it has been rather hectic here, so this one will be a bit more comprehensive, unfortunately no pictures just yet(they’ll be put up in my next update which probably won’t be for a … Continue reading →

Hey everyone, so as it turns out comments aren’t notifying me properly so it makes it difficult to approve the comments I get.  They are notifying someone else  So in the interest of his email and peoples comments getting attention … Continue reading →