In 2019, I was a guest of the National Science Foundation at McMurdo Station, to do research for my graphic novel under the Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. Part of the deal was writing up my experience on the Ice. I am moving these articles from my portfolio site to here, where they belong, and indexing them on this page. This is not a complete directory yet, but will be.
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Discovery Hut Photo Tour
My first full day in Antarctica was the coldest of the whole trip. I noted in my journal that it was -4°F/-20°C – I don’t recall if that was with wind chill or without, but it was definitely windy that day, so you…
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Arrival Heights
With the heavy schedule of trainings and breakfast meetings, I fought to get every ounce of sleep I could. Word on the street was that the light was much better for photography at ‘night’, when the sun was lower in the sky –…
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Sea Ice Basics
Antarctica is, as we all know, a continent of ice. But the ice isn’t just the ice caps and glaciers on the continent itself – it extends off the coast in all directions as the Southern Ocean seasonally freezes over. This fringe of…