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Scientist first... As a marine biologist, I spent much of my college career in a lab. Between required courses, and extra research, I spent countless hours learning techniques and taking every opportunity to get back into the field. Like many people, my favorite part of research was hanging off

Yesterday was our scheduled return to Punta Arenas, Chile, but because of some heavy ice and a brief detour from our planned route, we are a few days behind. We're now scheduled to get to port in Chile at 10:00 AM local time on Sunday, March 29. Our journey home beyond that is still not clear, but

The Adventure Continues Yesterday, we dropped off the ten members of our team who came from the UK at the British research station Rothera on the Antarctica peninsula. It should be easier for them to get home quickly and easily from that location. After close to 60 days at sea together and all

Right now, it is easy for many of us to lose track of time and seasonal milestones. Indeed, with all the focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, I nearly missed one of my favorite seasonal milestones. It is the March Equinox! This seems like a particularly important time to take a moment and appreciate the

Hey everybody - guess what happened to my Styrofoam cup??!!

THIS Time - There WILL Be Another Time As expected, the National Science Foundation, PolarTREC, and The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) have officially canceled my participation in the April 2020 Arctic science expedition. The Office of Naval Research and University of

Surviving the PolarTREC Application Process As a teacher there is one thing that absolutely terrifies me. Sweat rings. There is nothing worse for a high school teacher than a bunch of students pointing them out. The application process for PolarTREC introduced me to a whole new kind of sweating