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At dock, sailing at 05:00 am tomorrow There are a lot of preparations necessary to get a 300 foot research vessel ready to sail, and today was no exception. A great deal of time was spent loading supplies, personnel, and finishing those last minute preparations that always appear to never get

St. Philomena Catholic School - Peoria, Illinois St. Philomena was established in 1946. It is a Catholic grade school and part of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Illinois. Their academic program focuses on Faith, Fine Arts, Literacy, Math, Social Studies, Science, PE, and Technology. There are

Hello? Hello Again? Knowing that communicating from a remote field camp will be challenging, the fabulous people from PolarTREC arranged for a satellite phone to be sent to me to practice with before I go. Its a loaner phone, and then I'll get a similar one once I get to Antarctica. At times

Greetings from Punta Arenas! ...where the local time is right now, and the temperatures a bit brisk. Actually not too cold, only 45 degrees F, with 81% humidity. The flight in yesterday was amazing and though I don't know the name of these mountains, they were like sentinels welcoming us to a new

We're Not In Barrow Anymore... 19° 34 N, 65° 34 W. ~20 miles North of the Eastern end of Puerto Rico. Ship Speed 11.5 knots. ## A Change of 52 degrees Latitude! From 71 degrees North to 19 degrees North is change of 52 degrees of latitude, more than 3000 miles, and it's nearly impossible to

Pink Crocs are in Chile! Well, The first leg of my trip has progressed wonderfully. I am in Santiago, Chile Waiting for the next leg of this amazing journey. I am almost 24 hours in and am sure what I feel is the adrenaline of travel. Slept a bit on the plane last night, was super lucky to have

Homeschool Days at the Aquarium of the Pacific was a blast! I met so many people interested in education and learning more about polar science. Tons of kids and adults alike had fun trying on the Extreme Cold Weather Gear and the [Art Contest]( http://polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-ice-stream

The Flag Quest Ask and you shall receive! The request went out over four months ago. I enlisted the help of Facebook, my friends and the amazing networking capabilities of today's social sites. To date I have over 150 flags from over 40 states, three countries and over 25 just from Arizona. I

Design an Expedition Flag This is your chance to design a flag for an Antarctic Research Expedition! Winners will see their design turned into a flag flown from the Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer. After our expedition returns, winners will receive the actual flag they designed that was flown

Do you have a polar science question you want answered? Where is “east” Antarctica? What is bathymetry? What happens when ice sheets melt? Where are the penguins? This is your chance to have your questions answered (with this activity borrowed from the awesome [Alex Eilers](http://www.polartrec