12/17/19 – 12/20/19 WAIS Divide

As I am writing this, I am currently sitting on an LC-130 en route back to McMurdo from WAIS Divide. We boarded about an hour and a half ago, and I just woke up from a nap and decided this would be a good time to write. First I guess I’ll give a little background

12/13/2019 – 12/14/2019 PCWS Board Update

It’s been a while since I’ve made any blog entries. The last couple weeks have mostly consisted of troubleshooting our PCWS board and normal McMurdo life. This post will focus primarily on a challenge I’ve faced with the hardware of the PCWS Datalogger. Things have been eventful for the grant. Since I’ve finished the SPI

11/28/19 Willie Field APS Dig

Happy Thanksgiving! For the first time since I’ve arrived here, I’ve taken a day off. I don’t exactly have regular hours – I‘ve been working around 8 to 14 hours per day depending on what time I wake up and leave Crary. It’s midnight as I’m writing this at the lab. I spent most of

11/22/19 Cape Hallett

This blog post will be somewhat long for the norm. Today was a very action-packed day and there are a lot of details I’ll try to put into this post to give a feel for how awesome todays mission to Cape Hallett was. Enjoy! Today my team was Primary Pax (Passengers) on a 4-hour Twin

11/19/2019 – Pressure Ridge Tour

The constant intense sunlight is starting to affect my energy levels a bit. I’ve noticed that even though I get a full 6-8hrs of sleep, it really feels like I’m taking power naps. Waking up at 7am every morning I am pretty wiped out by 2-3pm. Since I usually work until 11pm, I’ve found that

11/17/19-11/18/19 BFC Party & Science Lecture

This post will be the combination of yesterday and today. My mandatory training is complete, and I’m able to spend more time in the labs writing software. I’m currently working on writing SPI (Serial Port Interface) code to talk to our 24-bit ADS1258 analog to digital converters. Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) are precision voltage

11/14/19 – 11/15/19 First Brief & Training

11/15/19 – 11/16/19              First Brief, and Training My first in-brief was this morning at a building called The Chalet. Initially, I wasn’t sure what direction to go since I’m still pretty unfamiliar with the area here. I asked someone while walking around and was pointed in the right direction. I arrived about 10 minutes early. When