Erebus Medals
Thirty years after Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into the side of Mount Erebus, New Zealand honored some of the Americans who assisted with...
Category : Back in the Day
Midwinter Moment
The winter solstice doesn’t get much respect around the world, except in Antarctica, where those spending the dark, cold months pay homage to the shortest...
Off the Radar
Few people know the role Navy radar picket ships played in early communications for Antarctica. Former sailor Gene Spinelli tells the story of what it...
Long Time Coming
It wasn’t too long after the ranks of researchers opened up to women in 1969 that they started to fill support roles – first in...
Breaking the Ice
Terry Tickhill Terrell was a 19-year-old undergraduate student in 1969 when she walked into the then-Institute of Polar Studies at The Ohio State University and...
Stepping into History
The year 1969 was one of those watershed periods in U.S. history, when the American dream expanded to include a diverse array of people and...
Profile: Ed Ehrlich
Dr. Ed Ehrlich likes to say that he didn’t fall back on excuses when he had the opportunity to go to Antarctica. He certainly had...
History on Ice
If you happen upon the small wooden hut that sits at Cape Royds and wriggle yourself underneath, you’ll find a surprise stashed in the foot...
A Good Point
The South Pole geographic marker doesn’t just relocate to 90 degrees south each year on January 1. It also gets a new look, one of...
Groundbreaking Study
It took Colin Bull 50 years before he published an account of his first Antarctic expedition, a groundbreaking study of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Why...
