Neutrino Hunting in Antarctica

Snow School (aka "Snow Craft One" or "Happy Camper") started easily enough, with about two hours of classroom lectures ...

Thursday, our first full day in McMurdo is devoted mostly to briefings. After a cafeteria breakfast, we started in Cracy lab (the main scie...

After arrival, we were taken directly to a series of briefing, covering health and safety, environmental issues, housing, and our return fli...

The adventure begins! Check-in at the Antarctic terminal was at 6 am for our 8:30 flight. We changed into ECW (extreme cold weather) gear ...

Christchurch is a beautiful city, with a lot of beautiful old stone buildings. This picture shows the main cathedral, next to a "The C...

After a long flight and a few adventures, we made it to Christchurch, NZ. The fun started at SFO. I had no problems, but Qantas (Australia...

An influential reader (full disclosure: my wife) thought that it would be helpful if I posted a map of Antarctica, showing where we're g...