As a life-long resident of San Francisco, Bryce is somewhat prepared for the numbing temperatures of Antarctica, but poor Bryce, much like Sam McGee, never quite get warm, or even very comfortable on the polar continent. Despite his constant unhappiness, Bryce is a dogged worker and tries to encourage anyone who appears to be more miserable than he. Bryce has a head of curly black hair, brown eyes, and appears to be about 25 years old. His graduate assistant is Tim Cartier. Starkweather refers to the Bryce-Cartier team as “the boys.”