Triumphant Conclusion to the 2024-2025 ANET-POLENET Antarctic Field Season

Group of ten people standing in front of a red and white plane on a snowy landscape with mountains in the background. — Meet the team! The full field team assembles at ALE Union Glacier Camp, West Antarctica. From left to right: science team members Jim Normandeau, Franco Sobrero, and Erica Lucas, KBA mechanic Philip Pilon, KBA co-pilot 'first officer' Griffin Kelly, ANET-POLENET lead-PI Terry Wilson, KBA pilot Troy McKerral, science team member Nicolas Bayou, and mountaineer Mark Whetu.

Byrd Center's ANET-POLENET team, under the leadership of Professor Emeritus Terry Wilson (Earth Sciences) began its field season in November 2024 in West Antarctica, operating from Union Glacier Camp, managed by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE).

A group of seven people posing in front of the monument under a clear sky. — In keeping with tradition, the team visits the memorial to Ferdinand Magellan and 'rubs the toe' to ensure safe passage from Punta Arenas to Antarctica. Pictured above from left to right: Science team members Franco Sobrero, Terry Wilson, Erica Lucas, Jim Normandeau, Mark Whetu (mountaineer), and Nicolas Bayou assemble in front of the Ferdinand Magellan statue before departing for Antarctica.

The ANET-POLENET team's objective was to make the GNSS and seismic sites fully operational and to retrieve the seismic data for analysis.

Three individuals inspecting scientific equipment on a snowy mountain. — From left to right: Field team members Franco Sobrero, Mark Whetu, and Nicolas Bayou wrestle with an ice-covered GNSS/GPS site at Lepley Nunatak (LPLY).

The fieldwork concluded in early January 2025 after five intensive weeks, wrapping up just days before the team's scheduled departure. A detailed map of the GPS sites visited and documentation of the expedition's progress is available on the 2024–2025 ANET-POLENET Field Season Progress page, which features additional images and field videos.

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