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This blog is dedicated to a research expedition to the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. Through field mapping of geomorphic evidence, sample collection, and cosmogenic nuclide concentration measurements in the Noble Gas Lab at Harvard, we hope to better understand the behavior of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during Miocene (~23 to 5 million years ago) and Pliocene (~5-1.8 mya) times. The Early Pliocene is the most recent period in which global temperatures were significantly warmer than the present, therefore providing us with a potential analog for a warming climate. This research is generously funded by the NSF Polar Science Program.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Still in Christchurch

We were very kindly woken up at 4am to hear the news that our flight to the Ice is postponed for 24 hours. Nobody told us exactly why, but the experienced hands at breakfast suggested either a mechanical problem or really, really bad weather at McMurdo. 

Either way, we have another day in Christchurch. Hopefully Rob (note: from this point onwards Robert = American research assistant and Rob = Kiwi mountaineer) will be able to show us some of the Banks peninsula near Christchurch, but we'll just play it by ear.

Since we're still here, though, here are a couple photos from Christchurch:

The port of Lyttleton, from the Port Hills.

A kiwi, at the Canterbury museum.

Cathedral Square, central Christchurch.

The Winsor B&B Hotel, our home in Christchurch.

In the Botanic Gardens.
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