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Bonjour everyone! I've made it back from Montreal, Canada, and the International Polar Year Conference Montreal was covered in thick clouds when I arrived and headed to my hotel at the Delta Centre-ville. It was fun to be able to use a teensy bit of French, and to

With PolarTREC, even walking across a relatively peaceful city is turned into a fun adventure. Montreal is an exemplary city for highlighting the efficiency of public transportation. In just 24 hours I had taken a bus, subway, taxi, walked to many locations, and even contemplated taking a bike from

Today’s Journal A few weeks ago a huge bag arrived on my doorstep with my Arctic gear. It was pretty exciting to see what sort of gear I will be taking to the Arctic. As you can see in the photo below, there are a couple pairs of rain pants, down jacket, rain jacket, and many pairs of gloves. Most

Wondering what I will be doing at Toolik Field Station in Alaska this summer? Well, I traveled to the University of Toledo in early April to meet my researcher, Dr. Michael Weintraub, and found out a lot about the research project. Dr. Weintraub graciously shared many informative resources

It was a very exciting day today. The people I have met and the sessions that I have attended over the last few days are really giving me some good connections, activities, and content for my classroom and I hope my school district and beyond. As a local activity, the conference directors offered to

The IPY Conference is being hosted by the city of Montreal, Canada. Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest city in all of Canada. It has a population of over 3.8 million people throughout the metropolitan area and is located on an island next to the St