After two weeks at Byrd Camp, we’ve made it out to a few key GPS and Seismic stations in West Antarctica. Come along on our latest adventures! POLENET_7.mov Watch on Posterous

Current Location: Byrd Camp, West Antarctica Current Weather: -15º C. Winds at 11 knots. Christmas decorations are often tucked away behind cellar doors. I remember digging out the tree, the ornaments, the lights– a responsibility that was inevitably passed on to me based on the fact that I was small enough to shuffle around the …
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“Nothing new at Byrd- cloud free and light winds, but expect things to change around 12 Z, when winds and blowing snow will pick up.” After a few days of absolutely gorgeous weather, these were the words we heard this morning when calling into Charleston, South Carolina for our weather outlook. Charleston, South Carolina? Yep. …
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Current location: Byrd Surface Camp, West Antarctica (80º South) Current weather: Winds at 16 knots. -25º C The wind that greeted us at Byrd Surface Camp on Monday afternoon was a true Antarctic welcome to our deep field camp! Ferocious and unrelenting, we stashed our gear in the tents and enjoyed a warm meal prepared …
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POLENET_6.mov Watch on Posterous Welcome to the 2010-2011 POLENET Field Season! We’re just getting geared up to head to Byrd Surface Camp and are attempting to reach 40 GPS and seismic sites located across the continent. Come along with us! Check out our new video podcast and stay tuned for the next one from Byrd …
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Current location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica Current temperature: -9º C  Windchill: -14º C   While this blog is in place principally to provide the ins and outs of POLENET field operations, I would like to diverge for a moment and tell the story of one very eventful lunch session in the McMurdo Station galley.   But …
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Working in Antarctica requires a set of finely tuned tools: patience, endurance, and optimism. At the mercy of the weather, your plans change with the wind, requiring many layers of alternate strategies. Meetings often revolve around phrases like “what if” and “plan B and C.” All plans must start somewhere, though, and for us, the …
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Current location: Columbus, Ohio, USA Current temperature: 15º C A place with a name means nothing. It’s just a place, far off across the world; remote and removed from here. When I first heard the name “Byrd Camp,” my imagination conjured a vague image of white space and tents. And you know, that’s pretty much …
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