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Thanksgiving in October!!! Being on a ship for 50 days will have it's challenges. Most people think having someone cook FOR you will be great. There will be 4 meals a day on the HEALY – breakfast, lunch, dinner and mid-rats (midnight rations). Sounds great to most, but I am a little hesitant about

Today was our last Polar Club meeting until I return from the ice. ##Mr. League's Postcard I was eager to share a postcard Mike League sent us all the way from Antarctica! The Polar Club was excited to read the card

Today's Paper Today's morning was like any other until a friend congratulated me on my article in the paper. Weeks ago I had written an article about my upcoming trip to Antarctica for the Austin American Statesman, the local newspaper, and today it was published. I went to the nearest store and

Happy Halloween – from Antarctica everyone! Just thought I’d share the Happy Halloween greeting I received from Dr. Jennifer Burn this morning. She is one of the researchers I will be working with in Antarctica and is currently ‘in the field’ this Halloween. Halloween is one of the 'big events’

More classrooms!! I have been so busy visiting classrooms! I LOVE letting everyone know about the Winter Sampling expedition, the ship, the equipment, COPEPODS and answering ALL of their questions! I had some GREAT audiences this week and can't wait for them to be asking their questions in the “Ask

Reflections If you measured our expedition based on achievements alone, we had an incredibly successful eight weeks together. In that short time, our team accomplished: * Thousands of Worms Collected * Worm DNA collected and prepared for analysis * Live worm cultures established * Temperature