We have reached the calm seas and spectacular beauty of the sea ice! After 4 days of very rough travel across the Drake Passage, the last two days have been extremely pleasant for all. The broken and…
Check out this beauty!
Shortly after I sent today's journal, the seas started to calm, the sun came out and we passed close to this iceberg. As it passed I was able to use the zoom on my video…
**We have officially crossed the Antarctic Circle! **For a few nights we knew we were getting farther south because it really didn't get dark at night. Last evening we crossed the Antarctic Circle at…
Oden News Flash!
Before we get to today's topic I need to make a few announcements....Rough Seas in the Drake Passage!!! The truth is that the Drake is much wilder than what I captured in yesterday'…
Oden News Flash!Before we get to today's topic I need to make a few announcements....Penguins!!! This morning while I was on the bridge, I looked out and saw 2 black and white birds floating on the…
Imagine driving across the United States at 10-12 miles per hour. In the last 3 days we have traveled from the coast of Uruguay at 35˚ S down the Argentinean coast to 44˚ S. By tonight we will be…
So far the Oden has traveled 422 nautical miles in a SW direction down the coast of South America. Although today felt cooler than yesterday, we all knew it might be our last day to wear t-shirts…
Since my selection as a PolarTREC teacher over 9 months ago, people have kept asking me if I was getting "excited". I have been so busy with the details of preparing for the trip that I could not let…
11/28/2008
*Happy Thanksgiving!
Here in Uruguay, there was no Thanksgiving holiday yesterday and although it was my first day in South America, it was hard to completely enjoy the experience.…
11/26/2008
Yesterday was HUGE! I said my last "good-byes” to friends and family. Trusted that my 136 pounds of carefully packed equipment would make it through airport security (including the…
Most of the famous polar explorers of the last century carried expedition flags with them. Historic photographs from the age of exploration recorded those adventures and often include the tattered…
Teachers Kevin McMahon and Beth Allyn Parker from Renfroe Middle School in Decatur, Georgia challenged their 6th grade classes to experimentally test which type of marker would work best for creating…
