After more than 24 hours of traveling, I made it to Punta Arenas yesterday evening. I had dozed a little bit on the plane, but was totally exhausted. I think some of my students should be able to…
Thanks to my supportive and enthusiastic mom and to Melissa Hale-Spencer at the Altamont Enterprise for putting together this story about my trip. Now everyone in Altamont will know about my Diet…
I'm Still Packing
There is still so much to do as I try to figure out what to pack for two months on a boat in the Southern Ocean.
While the act of packing enough stuff to keep me happy and clean…
I just completed this 10-question quiz from NASA. I scored 9 out of 10. I challenge you to both get a better score than me and guess which question I got wrong.
https://climate.nasa.gov/quizzes/…
I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about packing. I haven't actually done much packing, but I have really been thinking about it. I believe it is best to work through the mental lists…
Like many people of a certain age, I remember trying and failing to successfully navigate the Oregon Trail with four of my family members in a covered wagon- not because I am that old, students.…
It has been nearly a year since I was accepted into the PolarTREC program and now less than a month until I board the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Punta Arenas, Chile to head for the southwest coast of…
It is well before dawn on my fourth day in Alaska for PolarTREC orientation and I am still resisting the time change. I'm groggy by 5:30PM, asleep by 8:00, and wide awake around 3:00AM, when the…
Half Full or Half Empty?
Outside the International Arctic Research Center, a guidepost shows the distance back to New York City
By the time I heard that I had been selected for an interview with a…
