Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 17:02

Hi! I hope you will have a great journey down to the bottom (or close to the bottom) of the earth! The flight will probably be too long, but it will all pay off when you reach Antarctica. My mom and I read your extensive newspaper article and she got really excited. It turns out that she did a project in Iceland where she drilled through an ice cap into a lake. She also wrote a paper about it and wants me to show you it. So if you are interested (and it's okay if your not because you probably have way cooler things to be doing in Antarctica than reading my mom's article) just let me know and I can figure out some way to give it to you. I am in the process of writing your extensive work-out sessions so you can burn off all of the good food you will most definitely be eating! (Just kidding!) I really hope you have a good time and promise me you wont fall off the bottom of the earth. (That's what my mom always tells my dad when he goes to Antarctica.) Love, Maddy Nyblade

Nell Herrmann

Hi there!Thanks so much for the note. I am still in the very beginning stages of my journey. I'm stuck in Atlanta now, waiting for my flight to Santiago, Chile. Hopefully I won't miss my connection to Punta Arenas! Of course I would love to read your mom's article. Can you email it to me? I would also love it if she'd come talk to the Polar Ambassadors some time!
I'll try not to fall of the bottom of the earth--ha ha! Thanks for being an awesome Polar Ambassador, Maddy. Keep in touch!
--Ms. Herrmann