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Room with a View It doesn't get any better than this - both in terms of weather and excitement. Today was beautiful with virtually no wind. A perfect day for snowmobiling and scouting for seals! The first time we went out on the snowmobiles was during sea ice training and the team stayed fairly

PHOTO CHALLENGE - WEEK THREE! This challenge is going to be great! We are starting to see seals! And the pups we're seeing right now are actually quite large - since they were born last October/November. So I asked the team if they could dig up some photos of newborn pups for this week's

Sea Ice Training Here's a question. What's the most important thing you need to be able to recognize on the sea ice? Think hard! If you said a crack - you're right! So, in class today we learned how to spot and avoid a sea ice cracks. ### Factors that can affect the sea ice. There are many

Snowmobile and Sea Ice Training For the past couple of days, I've been in training - snowmobile and sea ice training this time. It's fantastic being back in school again. I'm learning so many new skills for this expedition. If you've been following my journals you know our team will be working

Antarctic Firsts - Part II: In 1911 the world’s imagination was captured by a competition to reach the South Pole. After decades of discovery and exploration, several expeditions competed to be the first ever to reach the 'bottom of the world' - the South Pole. Now, standing in Antarctica one

Antarctic Firsts - Part one Throughout my expedition I've experienced many 'firsts'. * First time to New Zealand * First time in Antarctica * I experienced my first Earthquake * First time on a snowmobile (I'll talk about this in a later journal) All of these 'firsts' got me thinking... who was

Students at State High had a wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Amsler, one of the scientists I will be working with in Antarctica, on January 12th and 13th. Dr. Amsler, a Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, made the trip to central Pennsylvania to talk with students in

Postcards are off! The postcards were mailed on January 17 (McMurdo Station, Antarctica time), which would be January 16 in the States. I was thrilled to receive so many postcards from all over the world. So I thought I'd share some 'Postcard Statistics'. ### The Statistics * At least one

PHOTO CHALLENGE - WEEK TWO! What fun we had with the first photo contest!!! Thank you to all who participated. But, if you didn't vote yet, no worries, you can still do so. Check out the January 11th journal [here]( http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/weddell-seals-in-the-ross-sea/journals/2012