Core Truths
Twenty years ago, Kendrick Taylor and his colleagues first conceived of drilling for a deep ice core in the middle of the West Antarctic Ice...
Month : February 2023
The Art of Sound
Most artists who travel to Antarctica express the continent’s jaw-dropping landscapes or its scientific importance through photography, painting, the written word and even the ice...
On the Line
Researchers and technicians from around the country, including young scientists working on their doctorates, spent part of their summer at the National Ice Core Lab...
50 Years of Blessings
A Catholic priest from New Zealand, the Rev. John Jolliffe led the Midnight Mass on Christmas at the Chapel of the Snows at McMurdo Station....
Taking the Prize
Amanda H. Fricker was recently recognized for her achievements in polar science when she was awarded the 2010 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and...
Easy Ridin’
Snowmobile mechanics Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser at McMurdo Station did some heavy duty dumpster diving this season to assemble the hippest ride on rubber...
Night Hunt
How do Weddell seals behave and survive when the polar night dominates and when there is little light for hunting under the ice? That question...
Spoofing on SPIFF
The South Pole International Film Festival lets Polies exercise their creativity in their free time — and document this unique living environment at the same...
Roll Call
What lives in the ocean? That’s the central question of an international project to inventory species diversity and distribution in key marine ecosystems around the...
Perseverance Pays Off
The opportunity to come to Antarctica was just one in a series of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, as far as “Shuttle” Joe Kendall is concerned. But it’s...
