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Magnetic vs. Geographic South Pole ### What's the Difference? The Geographic South Pole can be described as the southern most point on Earth's surface. It is completely opposite from the North Pole (very popular as it is the home of Santa Claus and Buddy the Elf!). The magnetic South pole is a

I'm pretty sure the last couple of months have included more visits to the doctor than the rest of my life combined. Maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but there were definitely a few weeks when, more often than not, my answer to "What are you doing after school today?" was "Going to the doctor."

Hello again to anyone who has taken the time to read my journal posts and checked out photos. If you are counting, it takes three solid days of flying to get to and from Antarctica from Arizona. Getting back was a bit of a hurried mess after the flight from Sydney to LA was delayed by about two

Driving to Madison, Wisconsin After packing and having checked out of my dorm room, I said goodbye to the teachers and students, who were engaged in building solar-powered sculptures for their parents and families to see at the end of program showcase. That afternoon we drove about 4 hours to

Last May during his visit to my school, Dr. Madsen invited me to come to River Falls, Wisconsin, to visit the Upward Bound summer program that Ice Cube hosted at the University of Wisconsin. On Sunday, July 18, 2013 I flew in the early morning from JFK to the Minneapolis, Minnesota, taking a one

On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 we had the presence of Dr. Jim Madsen visiting Bilingual Class 621 at MS319 Maria Teresa Mirabal Middle School, as part of our “Adopt a Researcher” initiative. My students were chockfull of questions about the Ice Cube Neutrino Project and about the South Pole, Antarctica

One of the most exciting parts of our PolarTREC orientation week were the field trips out in the cold. It gave us opportunities to suit up for arctic fieldwork, the chance to experience multi sensory learning of the Alaska permafrost underground layer, and investigate the survival behavior of

On Saturday, March 23, 2013 I flew Alaska Air from New York to Seattle, Washington, and then to Fairbanks, Alaska for a week o intensive training in preparation for my expedition to Antarctica, South Pole. Flying over the Denali snow covered mountain range brought back memories. This is my 2nd time

The first collaboration I had with my researcher, Dr. Jim Madsen was signing up my class 621 made up of bilingual 6th grade students, mostly from Dominican Republic, Mexicp and Ecuador, to participate in the Wisconsin Ice Cube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) South Pole webcast, on Wednesday

The trip to antarctica will be a jolt of adrenaline to my life. Not because my life is dull and boring, quite the contrary, I am fortunate to enjoy a fulfilling life with interesting challenges, but because an Antarctic trip is extremely exciting! People ask me how did I managed to land two trips to