General Research
A sampling of photos from the field
Arrival at our field site by Twin Otter
Instrument set-up after arrival
"Profiling radar set-up, used for measuring glacial stratigraphy"
Deployment of phase sensitive radar (APres) to measure englacial strain rates
Explosive planting for active seismic experiment
Source explosion for active seismic experiment
"Winch, lowering a 3 component seismometer for borehole geophysics"
Measuring surface speed for the glaciers of Mt. Baker using radar interferometery
Antarctica 2018/19
Austral summer 2018/19, field work at Hercules Dome, West Antarctica.
The C-17 ride from Christchurch to McMurdo
Views of the Transantarctic Mountains
"Eric Steig, Knut Christianson, and me at Willy Field"
Pizza Delivery at McMurdo
"The coffee house, where we spent most of our nights"
Looking out over the Transantarctics on our way to South Pole
South Pole Station
South Pole Station
South Pole Station
The ceremonial South Pole
"The geographic South Pole, before the 2019 move"
Knut Christianson and Ben Hills a the geographic south pole
The South Pole craft room
The South Pole music room
South Pole Greenhouse
The inside of the South Pole greenhouse
Spending time in the greenhouse at South Pole
The South Pole briefing room / The Wire viewing area
"Exploring the South Pole tunnels, 45 feet below the surface"
"Buzz Aldrin Shrine in the South Pole tunnels, 45 feet below the surface"
"Fuel storage for South Pole overwinter, with capacity for over 400,000 gallons of AN8"
The climbe out of the tunnels
"Ben Hills, Eric Steig, and Geoff Schellins waiting out the fire alarm in the South Pole gym"
The main hallway of South Pole Station
Views of the South Pole telescope from the top of ICECUBE
South Pole telescope
Fueling before the reconnaisance flight to Hercules Dome
Packing up for Herc Dome
Apres data collection at the South Pole lake
Views of the South Pole cargo lines
Landing at Hercules Dome
Organizing cargo on the line
Leaving South Pole
Views of the ship from above Hut Point
Snow redistribution on the ridge above hut point
"The ice breaker, heading to the sea ice edge"
Ivan the Terribus
Mt. Baker
Work on Coleman and Roosevelt Glaciers
"Gamma Portable Radar Inteferometer (GPRi), measuring glacier speeds on Mt. Baker"
View of Roosevelet and Coleman Glaciers
Andrew Hoffman preparing dinner for us
"Ben Hills, Knut Christianson, and Andrew Hoffman at the turn"
Antarctica 2014/15
Austral summer 2014/15, field work at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica.
"Me and Don Voigt, at the clothing distribution center, preparing to head to the ice"
View of the SAFAIR LC-130in Christchurch
Leaving Christchurch in the SAFAIR LC-130
"Kiya, after landing in at Willy Field"
Inside Ivan the Terribus on our way into McMurdo
View of McMurdo from Ob Hill
View of McMurdo from Hut Point
White Island
"Scott Base, New Zealand's primary Antarctic base"
Pressure ridges in the sea ice outside Scott Base
Mt. Erebus
"The long duration baloon facility, the largest building on skis in Antarctica"
Heading to WAIS Divide from McMurdo
Kiya and I on the LC130
"The UTIG Basler, out to perform the GIMBLE aerogeophysical campaign over Marie Byrd Land"
My tent at WAIS Divide
Camp Life
Waking up to my finger nail clipper frozen in a block of ice
The WAIS Divide restroom facilities
Entering the WAIS Divide drilling arch
The inside of the Arch
Looking into the WAIS Divide drilling trench
"The winch tent, which feeds cabling down into the WAIS Divide borehole"
Sun dogs outside camp
"Conestoga, holding the seismic equipment"
Pentex explosives
Watching the detonation
Christmas dinner at WAIS Divide
Assembling geopebbles on Christmas day
"Kiya Riverman, Peter Burkett, Me, Atsu Muto, and Don Voigt"
Kiya Riverman and I at WAIS Divide
"Me, Atsu Muto, Kiya Riverman, Don Voigt, and camp manager Kaija at WAIS Divide"
Preparing to leave WAIS Divide
Sea ice breaking out near Hut Point
Adelie penguins off Hut Point
