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Back at the Pole Andy arrived with the cargo at AGO 4 today and I knew if I wanted to make it back to my classroom, I needed to get on that same plane back to South Pole Station. I hopped on the plane and took the 4-hour flight across 550 miles back to the pole. I will now be able to fly to

At AGO 4 We finally made it to the AGO! I am no longer at 90 degrees South Latitude! Our team is now about 550 miles from the South Pole. We are also higher. The South Pole had an elevation of 2746 meters and AGO 4 has an elevation of 3,527 meters (roughly 11,600 feet!). That is 2,000 feet higher

Flight Update Things are looking up! The weather has cleared and a new plan will hopefully allow Susan, Bob and me to fly out to AGO 4 tomorrow, and then Andy will join us with the cargo a day later. My fingers are crossed! ##Why I Am Here I am here to work with Bob and Andy at the AGO sites. The

Yes, I'm a PolarTREC teacher, but because my project is delayed until 2012, I listen to the Live Events and read the journal entries just like everyone else in order to keep up with what's happening on the southern-most continent. I also occasionally enter questions and comments for the teams that

Ahh the weekend Although it was a wonderful holiday weekend, it is time to get back into the swing of things. Here is a video showing some of the holiday festivities I enjoyed: http://

##Close, but no cigar. Weather is slowly clearing up which means we may get to