Antarctica

Antarctic Questions from Mrs. Higdon’s Preschool class

February 24, 2010

This morning I got to answer questions over Skype from Mrs.Higdon’s Preschool class. Mrs. Higdon (Liz) and I went to college together and now…

January 24, 2006

Stepping off of the ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft at Williams Field on the Antarctic coast after the three hour flight from the Pole, the…

January 23, 2006

Returning to the vibrant land of color was a re-awaking process like I’ve never experienced before. It all started when I deplaned in Christchurch,…

December 31, 2005

Life at the pole has become routine. From the outside, it might seem that being at the South Pole could be anything but routine….

December 24, 2005

The wreckage of Skier 917 has been found. To be fair, we knew all along where it was. After all, it was being used…

December 17, 2005

It was our weekend of Antarctic car camping. An instructor came up from McMurdo to take a group of us “Polies” out into the…

November 27, 2005

Here at the Pole, we celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday. And by celebrate, I mean we got the day off from work and consequently, our…

November 20, 2005

Things are really swinging here at the Pole now. I’ve joined the South Pole Station Fire Brigade and we’ve had a few fire alarms,…

November 7, 2005

I was told when I applied for the job that there would be a lot of snow shoveling, especially for the first month. There…

October 27, 2005

Mine may well have been one of the fastest trips to the South Pole. Amundsen, who led the first party to reach the South…