Sampling the cores taken from Antarctica
Well, I am back on the JOIDES Resolution, with about half of the science party from the expedition taking samples from…
Wilkes Land, the Documentary
03 11 10: EPILOGUE
I have just arrived home after thirty plus hours of traveling. I return with mixed emotions (as many of my…
As the sun sets on the last part of this Expedition yet another magical sunrise
It was a frosty morning during this time of an ever weakening light from the Antarctic sun. The spirits of…
Blog Entry 02 18 10 No one can say that we didn’t try
Blog Entry 02 16 10: The Two Sides of Antarctica
For the last few days, we have been at the whims of the spirits of Antarctica. We first had to…
Blog Entry 02 14 10: A Valentine’s Day Sunrise
Twins views of heaven
It is not often that one can gaze into the golden rays of heaven. But on two successive morns, The…
A TREE RING RECORD FROM THE DEEP SEA OFF OF ANTARCTICA
02 08 10 A tree ring record from the deep sea We have left a most extraordinary drilling…
GAZING OUT ONTO A MOST HOLY SITE
During our two days at the Adellie Site, the spirits of Antarctica granted us the glory of seeing the magnificence…