Devon’s father is fond of saying that, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing the hard way. His words came back to me as I was sitting in the drifts […]

When you’re issued Big Red, it comes with your name on a white plastic laminated strip Velcro’ed to the left breast pocket. From the first time I saw it, I […]

Wow. Favorite new invention: a full night’s sleep. My head hit the pillow at 9 p.m. last night, and I rolled out of bed at 7 this morning. The world […]

Four thirty a.m., and I’ve been wide awake for hours – okay, today’s going to be a disaster. Can’t complain (who am I kidding – I can always complain). But I […]

Remember – it comes a little early here. While you out in the US are busy with final preparations for Christmas eve, we’re already all “Been there, done that” and […]

Solstice came and went “yesterday” without any fanfare. It is, technically, the longest day of the year (exactly 6 months long). It’s also the only day of the year – recall […]

The traverse got in last night [okay, two nights ago, now that I’m posting], and I didn’t even notice. First clue should’ve been a bunch of new guys with big […]

Speaking of fun, yesterday I got to hitch a ride along on a ride to the End of the World. No, it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. But it […]

That hazy blob is a C-17 Yesterday I promised glorious pictures and stories about the airdrop: a C-17 flying in from CHC to push tons of palletized supplies out the […]

On Dec 14th, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his four countrymen became the first humans (probably the first macroscopic life forms, for that matter) to stand at the geographic south pole […]