Escape of a Lifetime
Nancy Farrell figured she would stick around the U.S. Antarctic Program for maybe five years before moving on to something new in her life. She’s...
Category : People Profiles
New horizons
Most people will tell you that they joined the U.S. Antarctic Program for the adventure. In some ways, Paul Queior’s decision to head south and...
Weather Warrior
How does weather forecasting in Iraq prepare a person for work in the U.S. Antarctic Program? The only difference, according to meteorologist Mike Carmody, between...
It’s the People
Jerry Marty first went to Antarctica in 1969, one of many Ice people to begin a life-long love affair with travel. But Marty has a...
Leadoff man
Kerry Chuck is a New Zealander who works in two different cultures as the head of the U.S. Antarctic Program’s office in Christchurch, New Zealand,...
Moving Parts
It seems only appropriate that a guy with the first name of Steele would work as a machinist during the winter at Amundsen-Scott South Pole...
RIP David J. Hofmann
David J. Hofmann, one of the pioneers of stratospheric aerosol and ozone research, passed away in Boulder, Colo., on Aug. 11 2009. He was 72....
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...
Rekindled Passion
Tony D’Aoust likes to say he found enlightenment while living in a converted city bus, but he seems to have found his purpose in life...
Diving into Medicine
Dr. Joanne Feldman had no intentions of following her father into medicine. The job seemed to be nothing but grind, but she never saw the...
