PQ'd
The past 10 days have been flying by! I've gotten PQ'd (that's physically qualified-in other words they figure I have a good chance of staying alive while I'm in Antarctica) after a couple of…
If nothing changes, I leave for Antarctica in 1 month! It's been fast and furious this past few weeks. Suddenly I went from a range of departure dates to having a departure date out of Christchurch…
It's been another long period with no updates, but yesterday WISSARD showed some renewed life. I got my PQ packet (Physical Qualifications) in an email. When I printed it out and stacked it up, it…
Yes, I'm a PolarTREC teacher, but because my project is delayed until 2012, I listen to the Live Events and read the journal entries just like everyone else in order to keep up with what's happening…
This is just a quick entry. The Wissard Project has had a short delay - about 1 year. I'll be following up with some journal entries soon to go into more detail, but for now just enjoy the science…
This post is about a month late – so just make believe that it’s March. and I’m at the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) convention in San Francisco. A big part of why I’m here is to meet…
Talk about a varied day! We started with sessions on field safety, then risk management, and finally how to use satellite phones. This was followed by a trip to the Polar Services warehouse for a…
Fun Day!
We started out the day with our normal training sessions, but after lunch we took off to sample some local culture. We started at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks museum. The museum…
When we went out for dinner tonight it was 9 degrees in Fairbanks. Earlier when I had talked to my wife, she reported that it was 74 degrees in Mooresville, North Carolina. As best as I can figure…
It’s day one of PolarTREC training in Fairbanks. My body hasn't quite gotten on local time. I fell asleep last night with no problem after 14 hours of travel time between Charlotte, North Carolina…
