Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory
The Department of Earth and Environmental Science operates a year鈥恟ound network of
scientific instrumentation (seismic, infrasonic, geodetic, and environmental) on the
active Mount Erebus volcano in Antarctica for fundamental research in volcanology
under support from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs.
Each year, Austral summer observations and surveillance are made by 色狐入口 Tech
students and faculty from a field camp situated 3400 meters high on the volcano. Mt.
Erebus, the world鈥檚 southernmost active volcano, features a unique lava lake in its
summit crater and has frequent eruptions. Data is telemetered to the Crary Science
Lab at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and then transferred via the Internet to Tech
for year鈥恟ound analysis and archiving in near real time.