Well, I am planning to be in a very cold place for more than three months, and camping in New Zealand after that. The trip requires a bit of gear.

I’m headed back to Antarctica for the third and final season of the currently funded research on microbial community assembly in Antarctic cryoconite holes. Check out my previous posts on this blog for more details on life on the ice. I will try to post daily updates and photos, internet speed permitting, at www.cryoholes.wordpress.com.

And if you are a US citizen and haven’t voted yet, do it by the end of the day this Tuesday (Nov. 6th)!