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Cryogenic Erosion from Needle Ice

Introduction: So, here’s a quick post, a photographic journey of how Needle Ice, or Pipkrakes, while small, can be a factor in erosion. That’s right, its Cryogenic Erosion time… Cryo Erosion… Cryosion?   Ignoring that awkward intro, the background is, Read more…


When the Gales of November Came Early: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On the 10th of November 1975 at 7:10 PM, Captain McSorley radioed “We are holding our own” to the Arthur M Anderson in what he had earlier reported were the worst seas he had ever seen in his 37 years Read more…


Permafrost: Flora, Fauna, and Ice

OK, fine, I’m gonna talk about Flora and how it affects ice. And this is only partly because I’ve got pictures anyways and such. And my girlfriend is a genius at farming which is relevant here. Then ooh, Fauna, what’s Read more…


Permafrost: A Primer on Ice

So, some of you may have wondered what that strange white fluffy stuff that occasionally falls from the sky is or what that weird cold stuff that your drink is filled with when you order a soda at a restaurant. Read more…


Dirty Harry Geology Minute

I was inspired to write this post from one of my favorite podcasts “Dirty Harry Minute” that watches and reviews every minute of Dirty Harry in order. Link in the Citations [6] So, there are two main Geology things I’ve Read more…


What I said for my Grampa’s Service

If you took out all the good times I had on campus going to the UW, I’d still be glad I came to Madison for those 4 years because of the time I was able to spend with Grampa. I Read more…


The End of the War

A hundred years ago today, the worst war the world had seen finally came to an end. If you know me, you probably know that I’ve got quite an interest in the Great War, but, on such a momentous day, Read more…


Opinions on Machetes

If you, like me, are a rugged adventurer or something, you probably need a machete and, well, as it turns out, most stores have pretty bad ones and even some dangerous ones for sale.   So what makes a bad Read more…


Mining and the Battle of Messines

“The signal for its beginning was the most terribly beautiful thing, the most diabolical splendour, I have seen in war. Out of the dark ridges of Messines and Wytschaete and that ill-famed Hill 60, for which many of our best Read more…