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Finally, a week later, I present to you the materials from Dr. Alex Orsi's science talk. This might be the most technical entry of the journal, but it is also the most important as it presents preliminary results of the science being done aboard. It has more acronyms that I would like, so I ask you

I thought everybody knew penguins do not fly until one of my students waited until the end of the class, when everybody had left the room, to tell me, not to ask me, but to tell me, that penguins do fly. I tried to explain that even though penguins are birds with wings and feathers, that they do not

We arrived at Palmer Station today and quickly got to work unpacking the supplies and equipment for our research. Tomorrow we head out for our first fishing expedition. As we got close to Palmer we traveled through the Gerlasche Straits. Unfortunately, it was dark and only lit by the moonlight

After weeks of preparation, talking with the students, and then having a Skype conference between Dr. Susan Natali and all of our sixth graders, the day has come to travel to Alaska! The flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks was beautiful. It was a cool clear day, so when we passed near the Alaska

The weather is changing rapidly. Saw some snow this evening as we headed into the Drake Passage. It's a lot more wavy out here. Seeing that this is the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, I thought it appropriate to say a few words of praise for the ship's crew and their diligence in keeping this

As the ship set sail, we had our safety meeting on what to do should there be an emergency on board - man overboard, fire, abandon ship and got a tour of the lifeboats and safety measures and protocol on the ship. I graciously volunteered to try on the Gumby suits as they are called. They are made

I have been visiting the trace metal lab and I am ready to report more about how they work on the ship. The way this team works is very different from the way people working on the main rosette do. If you read the journal of the 21st of March, you might remember the following about trace metals: *

Today we have a small journal entry as I was preparing for tomorrow's live event. I hope to hear a lot of you there. Last night I looked out the porthole and saw what appeared to be a clear night. I have been waiting for a night like this to take pictures of the southern stars, but not only the

We set sail this morning and are headed to the Antarctic. It was a beautiful day as we traveled through the Magellan Straits. Lots of birds following us for a bit, later there were some Commerson dolphins zipping along the boat as we steamed ahead. They look like mini-Orca whales and they are the

At Last we made it to Punta Arenas, Chile! It's a bit colder down here...dare I say Chilly? Whatever the temperature, it's much more interesting than the resort on the beach...as pretty and warm as it was. It's a little disconcerting as the seasons here in the southern hemisphere are on an