Science and productivity by Dr. Christine Corbett Moran
Update: the medical evacuation mission is proceeding as planned, with a few minor delays. This Washington Post Article has a few more public details. I hope to be able to share an insider’s perspective as I am permitted. With the medevac mission proceeding as planned, crew morale is still high. This issue is about our midwinter Read More …
The first medical evacuation flight to the South Pole station in the middle of winter has been launched. I cannot share more details at this time due to patient and pilot privacy, but I can share that I am personally safe. I hope to be able to share more details of the rescue in the future, and especially Read More …
Sorry for the mishap last month where you got my newsletter 3x. I hope to not reproduce that issue again! In this newsletter I’ll merge April and May. The days in these months started to merge together somewhat, due to the routine of living in a station in the middle of a beautifully desolate continent Read More …
Since IBM released access to its 5-qubit quantum computer, with accompanying tutorial and ability to simulate and program it easily (via a graphical language that spits out a simple code for archival along with results), I’ve been kind of obsessed. As I worked my way through the tutorials in IBM’s simulator, for my own benefit Read More …
Welcome new subscribers! This month we had over 100 new subscribers! We’re now well over 500 Antarctica interested folks. As always, feel free to forward to friends and family who might like to follow. I hope to get up to 1000 interested friends, family, and friends of family/friends by the end of the year. The month of Read More …
It’s past time for my February newsletter! Thanks to everyone who has subscribed. We’re more than 400 Antarctica interested folks. Feel free to forward to friends and family who might like to follow. I hope to get up to 1000 interested friends, family, and friends of family/friends by the end of the year. First Third: Read More …
As you might have heard on my website, my newsletter, my Twitter, or, if we’re colleagues at Caltech, at work, I am currently working on the South Pole Telescope (SPT) onsite at the South Pole in Antarctica for January-November 2016 (I am employed by the University of Chicago). I have taken a sabbatical from my NSF Astronomy Read More …
Pole Where last we had left off on my January adventures I had just arrived at “pole”, snowmobiled out to the telescope 800m from station, and begun my software training. It was January 8, and I had to pee. I discovered Diamox, the anti-altitude sickness medicine, makes one want to pee a lot, which is compounded Read More …
Well it’s time for a long overdue first tiny letter from Antarctica! This is part 1/2 of my January. Prequel Getting here was the first part of the adventure. I flew from LAX January 1, where I said a tearful goodbye to Casey, to Sydney, Australia. His family helpfully picked me up from he Read More …
It’s been a busy time preparing for the pole. Thanks to all 120 people (so far) who have agreed to follow my journey. Feel free to reply directly, it will never be a bother as I’m sure I’ll love external to the Antarctic continent interaction. I set things up as a newsletter to encourage one-on-one Read More …
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