Captain's chair
Speed 3.4 knots (kts)Course 358.8 Well, delays are still plaguing our trip, so I decided today would be a good day to impersonate the captain of our ship! How do I look? Probably not as good as…
Finding some Magellan penguins
Speed 0 knots (kts) As of right now, it looks like we're still stuck in Punta Arenas for a couple more days. There have been a number of delays and that probably means the cruise will be extended…
Nathaniel B. Palmer
After quite a few delays, I found myself sleeping on board the Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP) last night. From the picture below you can see it's quite a large boat and there's about 70 people on board…
inside my luggage
I spent all of yesterday hanging out in Terminal 2 of the San Francisco airport (if you're going to wait at SFO, T2 is pretty much the best one to get stuck in). However, they finally put me on a…
USAP luggage tags
Only a week ago, I was headed back to California from Orientation in Fairbanks, Alaska. In two more weeks, I'll be on a flight to Punta Arenas, Chile. I'll have traveled from the top of the world…
It's 9:30 the night before I'm supposed to leave. I have a to-do list that is still a mile long and pile of grading that is staring at me with evil eyes. I stayed at school late trying to wrap up…
Northern Lights
The night before I got left behind when a bunch of the other amazing teachers went out in search of the Aurora Borealis. But last night was finally my night to gaze upon the strange colors in the…
Start of the Yukon Quest Race
Three days after returning from Winter Break, someone from PolarTREC left a voicemail on my phone. I couldn’t call them back until my lunch period, but when I did I was thrilled to have been chosen…