Comments for The Dry Valleys

Comment on Lake Bonney by Ray Hoare

Ray Hoare — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:06:17 +0000

Sorry about the problem with your transport. When I was there in 1963 I and my colleagues expected to walk everywhere, with man-hauled sledges for the gear.

I am glad to see we had some advantages over the new generation!

Ray Hoare (yes, of Lake Hoare!). rayprivate@wave.co.nz.

Comment on About by thedryvalleys

thedryvalleys — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:28:39 +0000

Hi Celeste, feel free to shoot me an email for any questions you might have: michael.becker(at)mail.mcgill.ca

Comment on Blast Off by Celeste

Celeste — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:19:05 +0000

Hi There,
How did you enjoy Christchurch? (Now Quaketown)
Did you travel with many Kiwi’s?
Cheers,
Celeste
In Christchurch.

Comment on About by Celeste

Celeste — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:33:10 +0000

Hi There,
I am doing an Inquiry Project on The Dry Valleys for school and stumbled across your site. Would it be alright if I quoted a couple of things you have said/mentioned on this site? I found it very helpful and it was great to get somebody’s point-of-view on the Dry Valleys and your experience there. Would that be alright? And if it is, could I please get your name? I need to include a source. (: Cheers.
Fantastic site by the way

Comment on Cape Evans by Christian Mengele

Christian Mengele — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:11:09 +0000

That “great read” was the book “Hilma” by William Tillinghast Eldridge if anyone else is as obsessed with this expedition as I am.

Comment on About by Jay Pettitt

Jay Pettitt — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:43:10 +0000

I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve commandeered one of your excellent time lapse videos for a post on our Transition Towns blog.

http://transitionwivenhoe.blogspot.com/2011/09/that-time-of-year-again-part-3.html

Let me know if it’s a problem and I’ll find a replacement – though yours is by far the most tuneful.

Comment on Lake Bonney by Lucka

Lucka — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:41:02 +0000

Haha, shouldn’t you be chnargig for that kind of knowledge?!

Comment on About by thedryvalleys

thedryvalleys — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:25:12 +0000

Hi Eric,
I got involved by cold calling and getting in touch with everyone I could find that did research in the Antarctic. (This is after a several years of prior field work and ourdoorsy stuff).

If you are trying to get into a graduate program first, and then get down to Antarctica as a student you will have a much easier time than finding a job as a temporary field assistant.

Have a google and see what names you come across for programs, and when you find one my best advice is this: be persistent. Very persistent. And best of luck.

Comment on About by Eric

Eric — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:29:32 +0000

I am going to be looking into physical geography graduate programs soon. How did you get involved in a research program in Antarctica in the first place?

Comment on Ventifacts by Snow days | Highly Allochthonous

Snow days | Highly Allochthonous — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:06:45 +0000

[...] due to wind and snow plough, in the sheltered area on the kerbward side, some rather beautiful snow ventifacts had been carved out. (quite convenient, too, for those of us faced with the task of shovelling the [...]