Why Not Go Now?

It’s not that that Antarctica doesn’t have any mountains.  I get to look at amazing mountains every day.  That is just the probl...

These critters are Crabeater Seals.  No one knows exactly why some of them are 25 miles up this dry, rocky valley.  I'm not sure what t...

Okay so here is a little challenge for folks:    What kind of animal is this?  My group saw many of these during some fieldwork l...

Slight change in my address down here: Ben Adkison McMurdo Station  PSC  769  Box 700 APO  AP 96599-1035

Adelie Penguin at the ice edge  So far Antarctica has seemed like very static place.  Everything is frozen and unmovable.  I know thing...

McMurdo Station & Mt. Erebus There is always that one day that marks THE change.  It may not be the last day of winter,...

Just a little something I put together the other day.  I hope everyone finds this as amusing as I do.

I've already been down here for a month.  Every day I walk outside and feel like it is my first day here. Other moments I feel like I ha...

Simple as that.  A day of work led to a dream of seeing [Emperor] Penguins.  Sixteen of these super curious birds waddled and slid along nea...