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I just got finished packing for what might be the most exciting adventure of my life. My bag is ridiculously packed with not only items for Antarctica, but also New Zealand. After my six weeks in Antarctica, my wife will be meeting me in New Zealand, where we will be spending sixteen days exploring

This will be a quick entry. I've arrived in Christchurch,New Zealand after a 15 hour plane ride from Los Angeles, California to Sydney, Australia, then another 3 hours to Christchurch, New Zealand. All together yesterday and today I spent about 30 hours on planes or in airports. It's good to be on

Leaving Charlotte The day has finally arrived - I've left home, I'm sitting in the Charlotte, NC airport waiting for the first leg of my flight. In about 24 hours I'll be in New Zealand. It's been a crazy week. I had two days of school meetings and only about 1 day with students. My students gave

Weddell seal team blog October 2012- Weddell seal tag recoveries Now that our seals have endured another Antarctic winter, the team has made the long trip back to McMurdo to find these guys again. The tags we put on the Weddell seals can transmit data to our computers- which is what you all see

It is beyond incredible to think that in less than three weeks I will be fulfilling one of my lifelong dreams. As a third-grader, I wrote a paper detailing my goals to go to Antarctica (and the moon). Whether I call it destiny or determination, it is unreal to think that my dream is about to be

Today I spent the entire day telling other educators in my district about my expedition and the types of information that's available from PolarTREC. If everyone I talked to actually follows me in the field, it should be an amazing group learning about Polar regions. I hope they check out all of the