tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61918631934837582382011-12-22T23:28:54.073-08:00John John and Peng Pal On IceA comic about the adventures of John John, a young Ice Core Researcher working on the WAIS Divide Ice Core Project who befriends a curious penguin named Peng Pal.EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-35211239168442229612011-01-28T11:05:00.000-08:002011-01-30T13:47:20.771-08:00I'm in trouble...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW!</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/TUXcU81Le6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/A16HMqwH0Oc/s1600/imintroubleTEXT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/TUXcU81Le6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/A16HMqwH0Oc/s640/imintroubleTEXT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peng Pal is very curious about what is happening in Antarctica which is why he never misses Peter Rejcek's articles in <a href="http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2283">The Anatarctic Sun</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-3521123916844222961?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-3367648059697325902010-02-24T07:40:00.000-08:002010-02-26T09:59:27.737-08:00Rock 'n' Roll Peng Pal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Click On Image for Larger View!</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S4VIF_eqzfI/AAAAAAAAAEg/8EehJxLvXUE/s1600-h/rocknrollpengpalSMALL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="top"><img border="0" height="462" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S4VIF_eqzfI/AAAAAAAAAEg/8EehJxLvXUE/s640/rocknrollpengpalSMALL.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Adelie Penguins...Nature's Little Rock Stars!!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This comic was inspired by <a href="http://musicfromtheice.blogspot.com/">Cheryl Leonard's</a> field recording of the Adelie Penguins on Torgerson Island. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-336764805969732590?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-52734121457081240222010-02-15T06:04:00.001-08:002010-02-19T08:53:09.605-08:00The Bucket Heads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VEIW!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S37B52EbV7I/AAAAAAAAAEY/8YH3km1mn-k/s1600-h/thebucketheadssmall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S37B52EbV7I/AAAAAAAAAEY/8YH3km1mn-k/s640/thebucketheadssmall.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"></span></strong></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This comic was inspired by <a href="http://annamckee.com/reflections-from-the-ice-part-1/">Anna McKee</a> and <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/webcomm/features/ice/">Thomas Bauska</a> who both discuss their adventures in "Snow School" on their blogs. It looks like everyone always has fun at "Happy Camper School" as Thomas calls it while still well aware of the serious ramifications for not knowing basic survivor skills in the harsh Antarctic environment.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-5273412145708124022?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-4602893621410785122010-01-27T16:29:00.001-08:002010-02-10T11:17:03.081-08:00GOT KRILL?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S2DaZpNUjpI/AAAAAAAAACk/4Ls6nzGWUsY/s1600-h/gotkrillsmall.JPG" target=top imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" mt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S2DaZpNUjpI/AAAAAAAAACk/4Ls6nzGWUsY/s640/gotkrillsmall.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peng Pal and his friends just can't get enough of these delicious shrimp like invertebrates. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more information about the role of krill in the marine food web please check out the <a href="http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/big-ideas/krill/">article</a> that inspired the comic.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-460289362141078512?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-10293257407366520472010-01-22T12:21:00.000-08:002010-01-24T16:07:38.636-08:00Peng Pal Strikes a Pose in "BIG RED"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1zgR8G4hrI/AAAAAAAAACc/1H5hw4yd1LE/s1600-h/pengpalstrikesaposepocketsbsmall.JPG" target=top imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" mt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1zgR8G4hrI/AAAAAAAAACc/1H5hw4yd1LE/s640/pengpalstrikesaposepocketsbsmall.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL & LARGER VIEW!!</span></strong><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Putting on "Big Red" seems to be a defining moment for many travellers to Antarctica. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The large red parkas are distributed at the US Government's <a href="http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1309">CDC or "Clothing Distribution Center"</a> in Christchurch, New Zealand.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-1029325740736652047?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-81858833115087012992010-01-18T17:37:00.000-08:002010-01-22T14:14:54.736-08:00The Weather Balloon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1UMrSBvRUI/AAAAAAAAABk/YXmk_WL2uPI/s1600-h/theweatherballoonsmall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="top"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1UMrSBvRUI/AAAAAAAAABk/YXmk_WL2uPI/s640/theweatherballoonsmall.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW!!</span></strong><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heidi Roop's <a href="http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/up-up-and-away-weather-at-wais-divide/">weather balloon video</a> inspired this comic. Heidi is working as a science technician at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide and is one ot the Antarctic correspondents for <a href="http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/">Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists</a> where you can check out <a href="http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/author/heidi-roop/">her personal blog</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-8185883311508701299?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-54480290113020672792010-01-16T09:26:00.000-08:002010-01-19T11:39:01.064-08:00Tiny Bubbles!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CI2F0vBeI/AAAAAAAAAAs/oovMUy4HhAE/s1600-h/bubblesSMALL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="top"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CI2F0vBeI/AAAAAAAAAAs/oovMUy4HhAE/s640/bubblesSMALL.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW!!</span></strong><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This comic was inspired by Anna Mckee's photo entry on her blog titled <a href="http://annamckee.com/blog/">"Gas bubbles in small section of ice core".</a> Anna is a visual artist from Seattle WA who is in Antarctica to document the WAIS Divide Ice Core Project with support from the National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Program.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-5448029011302067279?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-30988470438764528572010-01-15T07:29:00.000-08:002010-11-05T06:34:43.604-07:00Standing On Top Of The World!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CJO8Fe9LI/AAAAAAAAAA0/RZdWgV-6b2Y/s1600-h/standingontopoftheworldSMALL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="top"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CJO8Fe9LI/AAAAAAAAAA0/RZdWgV-6b2Y/s640/standingontopoftheworldSMALL.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW!!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This comic was inspired by a 2009 <a href="http://lakewoodhiker.blogspot.com/">year end blog entry</a> by ice core researcher John Fegyveresi. John is a student from Penn. State who is at WAIS Divide busily "packing ice cores, and taking physical properties samples for the I-168 grant".</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-3098847043876452857?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6191863193483758238.post-53917524401177958522010-01-14T18:52:00.001-08:002010-01-16T17:36:52.305-08:00Role Playing Ice Core Researcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CIhzVquCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/P5uwwkemduk/s1600-h/icecoreresearchertaylopengsmall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="top"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYqLcJn2nx4/S1CIhzVquCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/P5uwwkemduk/s640/icecoreresearchertaylopengsmall.JPG" /></a><strong><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW!!</span></strong><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6191863193483758238-5391752440117795852?l=johnjohnandpengpalonice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>EJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14570184922817386645noreply@blogger.com0