Storms in the Antarctic deep field

Scientist correspondent Nadine Quintana Krupinski calls in a dispatch from the Willians Ice Stream.




Nadine: By the time the storm had ended, snow blown by the strong winds had nearly buried much of our gear. You can see the snow packed in around one of the sleeping tents. In the background, you can see the poles we used to mark objects in camp — a preparation made especially because of events just like this.

Video dispatches sent by scientist correspondents Jake Walter and Kelly Carroll.

Jake: This was the coldest time out on the ice, because the wind just finds all the seams in your clothes and you run from your personal tent to the cook tent, and sometimes to the toilet tent!.

Ice Stories dispatches
http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/looking-back-the-storm/
http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/holiday-weather-in-mcmurdo/
http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/one-month-in-the-deep-field-pa...

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[ThomasBaluWalter]

I love the "summer's day" image :-)