12 February 2016 Reflection

Journal Entry

Reflecting

Reflecting on our week of orientation in Fairbanks, AK I've transformed from feeling overwhelmed to well prepared to embark on this journey. This is due to the incredible staff from PolarTREC and ARCUS. This team is responsible in sending 15 teachers from all over the country to remote places of Alaska, Greenland, Siberia, and Antarctica. Not to mention they will be studying on research vessels, military planes, camping on ice shelves, working in the arctic tundra, and even a diver studying under the ice in the frigid waters of Antarctica. Logistically speaking I can't wrap my head around how this would even work, but it will and it will run smoothly thanks to our support crew. During the week we learned how to properly create a journal, journal from the field, create videos, get the best out of our pictures and upload all of this information from internet connections ranging from high connectivity to virtually no connection. Some will even journal from the field via satellite phone.

Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes our support crew will be making sure that our journals are displayed properly, setting up live from the field webinars, trouble shooting problems and well just making sure we have the experience of our lives. The amount of work that went into preparation for orientation and the work still to come is mind boggling.

Thank you

Thank you Sarah, Janet, Zeb, Ronnie, Joed, Robbie, PolarTREC alumni and everyone else for supplying us with the necessary tools and support to have a successful field experience.