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To go or not to go, that is the question we all have right now. Elías Berticevic, our Chilean host, is working very hard trying to rescue the expedition. He is dealing with the Chilean health department, doctors, the powers to be at INACH, and a bunch of anxious explorers, both healthy and ill. Our

I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a few extra days in the Fairbanks area after orientation wrapped up. My husband Ethan came up to join me and partake in various Alaskan winter adventures. We took on some cross country skiing, went to Denali National Park for a drive and hike, checked out

Anna: Today is Wednesday, February 19th. Our originally scheduled departure date was yesterday. If we don't fly out tomorrow, we won't get to go to Antarctica at all. Our flight got cancelled this morning due to poor conditions (did I mention that it's very windy in Punta Arenas?), and we can't

We are one step closer to our final destination; on Monday we received all our gear for Antarctica! While the Chilean students were getting their clothing from INACH*, we walked over to the USAP** warehouse to pick up our gear. As we neared the ocean, we saw that a squat, yellow warehouse awaited us

Today we went to INACH for the first time, and we heard lots about the history of Punta Arenas and Antarctic exploration. We passed the Banco de Chile (currently) where the British Club occupies the third floor. Many famous British explorers spent time there on their ways to and from Antarctica

Claire Hour six in the Santiago airport. We found Gate 27 for our flight to Punta Arenas, and after that, everything was a bit of a blur. Lynn and I had gone over to the check-in counter to take a picture of the sign that said "Punta Arenas." All of a sudden, two girls came up to us and started

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day That's the island greeting that we send to you From the land where palm trees sway Thanks *R. Alex Anderson for those lyrics and thanks Jimmy B- for the tunes I am so used to hearing. I know, it’s not Christmas, but this

If you were to visit my classroom back at Parishville-Hopkinton Central School and ask my ecology students what's my favorite group of organisms, they would say Plankton.I guess it just amazes me the variety of life that can exist in a drop of water. ## The basis of aquatic food chains. Plankton can

Yesterday we started our journey at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin. It's a really small airport, which is nice because there are short lines for everything. Unfortunately, when they opened the door of our plane after it landed in Madison, there were some mechanical issues

To find out how you can be involved in High Arctic Change 2014, watch the video below. Thanks!

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