[[{“type”:“media”,“view_mode”:“media_large”,“fid”:null,“attributes”:{“class”:“media-image alignright size-full wp-image-1606”,“typeof”:“foaf:Image”,“style”:“”,“width”:“100”,“height”:“100”,“alt”:“The New York TImes logo”}}]]Dickey Fellow and Research Assistant Professor Jill Mikucki spends a lot of time icebound—by choice. A geobiologist interested in microbes that thrive in Antarctica, she describes what her field work is like and how she became “hooked on the icy life” in this article for The New York Times.

Read the full story, published 12/25/10.