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	+ Home   + Space Shuttle Section + Space Station Section		+ NASA Home > Astronauts       Space Chronicles on Ice by Don Pettit Image above: Astronaut Donald R. Pettit. Image credit: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, participating in an expedition to Antarctica to search for meteorites, shares his thoughts in a journal entitled "Space Chronicles on Ice." Join Pettit on his mission as he compares and contrasts exploration on Earth with exploration of space. + View Don Pettit's Biography         12.20.06 - The Scott Tent "We are living in tents patterned after the tent that Robert Scott designed for his fated 1910-13 South Pole expedition." + Read More     12.19.06 - The 22-Degree Halo "A few days ago, consumed by the katabatic wind, we found ourselves inside of a suspended collection of ice crystals." + Read More     12.17.06 - Blue Ice "Feasting one's eyes on the robin egg hue of blue ice presents a natural beauty that rivals a rainbow." + Read More     12.16.06 - Concentration by Wind "I scoffed at such ideas of flying rocks but now I am a true believer." + Read More     12.12.06 - Concentrated Meteorites "For some reason, meteorites are found lying on the top of Antarctic ice fields in amazing numbers, much more so than what one would find in other areas." + Read More     12.11.06 - First Meteorite "Today we searched blue ice glaciers for meteorites." + Read More     12.10.06 - The Flag of Exploration "Like a Flat Stanley, this small and unimposing flag has traveled all around the world on various explorations." + Read More     12.10.06 - Moving Camp "We broke camp this morning, loaded up our Nansen sledges, and formed a snow mobile convoy in the middle of Antarctica. ..." + Read More     12.09.06 - Deployment to the Ice Continued "We deployed to the Grosvenor Mountain region in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains." + Read More     12.07.06 - Deployment to the Ice "Tomorrow, December 8th, we deploy to the ice fields in the Grosvenor Mountains via a C-130 military cargo plane. " + Read More     12.05.06 - McMurdo Station "McMurdo is part frontier town and part science lab." + Read More     11.29.06 - Confusion in the Southern Hemisphere "People who grew up in the northern hemisphere oftentimes find it a bit confusing when they first travel southward to New Zealand." + Read More     11.25.06 - Thanksgiving, Late but not Late "We have found our way to Christchurch, New Zealand where we are making our preparations for deployment to the ice." + Read More     11.13.06 - Leaving for New Zealand "We leave for New Zealand this morning, flying from Houston, Texas to Christchurch via Dallas, Los Angeles, and Auckland." + Read More           Saturday Morning Space Station Science Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit used some of his time while living aboard the International Space Station to shed the light of science on a variety of subjects. + Learn more
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