If you've ever wondered what it's like to do science on Earth's southernmost land mass, you can follow an Antarctic field trip at the In the Field blog (go. nature.com/4Bk1kn).rnStudent journalist Chaz Firestone of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is travelling across the "seventh continent" and interviewing researchers working there. Firestone takes readers from getting outfitted for the extreme cold weather to experiencing a 'boomerang' flight from New Zealand, and his final landing on the ice-strip at Pegasus Field.
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