news People ProfilesDiving InTheWorldsNewsJanuary 6, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJanuary 6, 20230 With 10 years of experience working on cruise ships in Antarctica, Palmer winter-site manager Lisa Trotter is no stranger to the Ice, even if it...
news People Profiles‘Ultimate Test’TheWorldsNewsDecember 28, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 28, 20220 Martin Robinson is not unlike many support personnel who work for the U.S. Antarctic Program. He has an office job in McMurdo at the station’s...
news People ProfilesArctic AdventureTheWorldsNewsDecember 26, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 26, 20220 John Moriarty is one of those ordinary people who never seem to pass up an opportunity to do something extraordinary. In 1968, Moriarty’s sense of...
news People ProfilesThe Next GenerationTheWorldsNewsDecember 18, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 18, 20220 A century ago, Briton Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen raced to be the first people to reach the geographic South Pole, one of...
news People ProfilesRetirementTheWorldsNewsDecember 16, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 16, 20220 From a unique vantage point, spanning the end of one century and the beginning of another, Karl Erb, soon to step down as the longest-serving...
news People ProfilesThe Ice ManTheWorldsNewsDecember 15, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 15, 20220 Who needs outer space when you have the South Pole? Not Robert Schwarz. His aspirations to be an astronaut never quite worked out. But he’s...
news People ProfilesA Different TuneTheWorldsNewsDecember 7, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 7, 20220 A trip to Antarctica is often a dream come true for many. It happened for Frank Abbatecola, a heavy equipment operator at McMurdo Station for...
news People ProfilesCommunity RootsTheWorldsNewsDecember 7, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 7, 20220 No one likes to visit the dentist. So Dr. Bob Koff makes it a point to spend as much time among the McMurdo Station community...
news People ProfilesWater WorksTheWorldsNewsDecember 2, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 2, 20220 Paul Jones spent 36 years in the same high school classroom. The year before his retirement he took a field assignment on the Ice with...
news People ProfilesLaunching New CareersTheWorldsNewsDecember 2, 2022 by TheWorldsNewsDecember 2, 20220 Antarctica is a huge continent, but it’s a small world when it comes to those who have lived and worked there. Yet Christina Hammock and...