McMurdo Station is located on a slender peninsula extending from the southern side of Ross Island. At this point in the spring, the sea to the west is covered by a thin crust of first-year sea ice, while to the east the sea lies under the Ross Ice Shelf, a thick layer of freshwater ice […]
Trash sorting is a big deal in McMurdo. Napkins get separated from office paper and put in ‘Paper Towels’, unless the napkins are contaminated with food, in which case they go with ‘Food Waste’, which is shipped back to the US under refrigeration. Thick metal is isolated from light metal, but small metal bits go […]
On the sea ice stretching from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, dozens of seals lounge in the 24-hour sun. They just seem to lay motionlessly, digesting their fish and napping. Why don’t we see them moving around? Do they ever move?We get scientific and make a 12-hour time lapse (1 min frames). So… do seals move?
Scientists and support staff who leave McMurdo Station, Antarctica for the field undergo outdoor safety training. The two-day Happy Camper course covered basic skills in outdoor survival, group dynamics, and field skills. While some aspects of the course took place in a classroom, the field component was the most stimulating. On the wide, featureless landscape […]
