A mixed bag of achievements and tragedy for the 1948 FIDS. New faces with big Antarctic careers ahead of them show up in the narrative. If you are wor...

Where the history of other nations involved in the Antarctic land grab received plenty of attention in the series to date, Argentina only received men...

While theft is rare in circumstances where most needs and wants are catered to by management other crimes occur in Antarctica with surprisingly monoto...

A formal book review of "With Scott Before the Mast," an informal review of "Operation Deep Freeze II Gooney Birds," and interviews with Associate Pro...

Trail operations, survey flights, tension, and a surprise for the Darlingtons.  The RARE comes to a close and departs Stonington Island with the aid o...

In this episode I fail to respect, let alone defer to, religious beliefs and the artifacts and structures dedicated to various deities' alleged glory ...

The Ronnes sulk about the FIDS as the RARE settle in to their digs on Stonington Island but realise they have to Voltron up or get little done.   Geor...

Worried that you might be feeling cheated on the history front, this month, here's some hefty chunks of trail experiences from the pen of one who live...

Sean McBride intends taking electric flight to Antarctic and I am excited about it.  I'm also excited about my own investigations into heading south t...

US Navy ice breakers get ground control parties ashore to provide fixed points of reference for Operation Highjump aerial photographs.  Helicopters wo...