WELCOME TO THE DRY VALLEYS,

ANTARCTICA

 
Glossary

 

We're going to be using a lot of acronyms and maybe some new words during this project. So Check this section often since we'll update it with new expressions along the road.

 

CDC: Clothing Distribution Center

CU: The University of Colorado

ECW: Extreme Cold Weather Gear

INSTAAR: Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (at the University of Colorado, Boulder)

LTER: long-term ecological research project

NIWAR: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

NSF: National Science Foundation

RPS: Raytheon Polar Services

HFs: High frequency radios

VHFs: very high frequency radios