Dear Laska,
You are one lucky kid! To be 11 and going to such a remote and beautiful place on this planet and along with your family! That is very special.
A few years ago, there was another lucky kid, Ruth Cooper, daughter of Lee Cooper and Jackie Grebmeier. She went out on the Healy icebreaker and had her own journal. It was great fun to see all that she learned and did on the ship. The crew really liked her and took her places that the adults didn't even get to go!
I hope you start feeling better on the ship. Please send more journals as you go along. Also, please relay to your mom (and dad) that they are my heros since they even considered taking a 3-year old on the trip!
Best, Janet at ARCUS (Mom of a 3-year old too!)