Media Category: MCM

Dr. Sarah Power taking field notes in front of a snow patch. You can see dark biocrust growing along the edge of the snowpack.

Meredith Snyder (left) and Dr. Jesse Jorna (right) having fun while sampling in the Fryxell Basin.

Dr. Sarah Power (right) and Meredith Snyder (left) sampling in the Dry Valleys. This photo shows the microtopography of the dry valleys. The polygon cracks (bottom left) accumulate salt and moisture.

Photo of biocrust in the Dry Valleys. The biocrust is the dark grey/black colored material on top of lighter soil.

Map of Antarctica. The Dry Valleys are circled in red on the map of Antarctica. The Fryxell Basin, where Dr. Power’s study was conducted, is shown in the image on the right.

Field crew at the MCM LTER.

One of the aforementioned tents at the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER.

Shaking bottles at McMurdo Station. The large carboys were once discarded, but are now recycled.

Taylor Valley, Antarctica, one of the main study sites of the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER.