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Early morning sun streams through the curtains into our communal bedroom. I get out of bed early in anticipation of a productive day. The Paleo-Ecology team heads out in the truck to get started on their fieldwork and the rest of us will be at Ushki all day preparing for our departure. The morning

A few remaining details were left before our departure and then the truck and bus arrive for our trip to Ushki. Several members of the Paleo-Ecology Team pack their belongings onto the truck and climb aboard. Filling the back of the bus to the brim, the rest of us make our way out of town and head

Kitty and Holt drove me to the Denver airport to send me off. It was hard to say goodbye! I know Holt will look older when I return. From his rear-facing car seat, Holt always looks into the cargo space of our Subaru when I'm getting gear from the back. He is such a happy baby he will almost always

Packing for the trip was a little hectic! My wife and baby and I just arrived at home in Denver after a 3-weeks trip out to the north west and I only had one day to unpack from that trip, do the laundry and pack for this expedition. I hope I remembered to bring everything! I set up my tent in the

Wonderful news from Bill Hedman, lead archaeologist from the Bureau of Land Management. He says we can bring along two local, native students out to the dig site! This is an incredible opportunity. I've been so excited to make this experience a hands-on one for my students back at Foothills Academy

We had a chance to try out Arctic water survival suits. We will be travelling from Longyearbyen to Kapp Linne (our field area) by boat through isfjorden, an inlet water way --technically it is called a fjord because the inlet was cut by a glacier and has very steep sides. The trip will take 2-3 hrs

Immerse Your Students in Polar Science! Your Class can Design a Flag to Fly in Antarctica! Follow PolarTREC teachers as they participate in scientific expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. In April, 12 teachers from across the nation were chosen to participate in PolarTREC, a program which pairs

With the end of the school year here, I really needed to get started on my PolarTREC projects that I'll be working on over the summer and into the early fall. First up was the flag project. This project is inspired by (well, really just stolen from) Jeff Peneston's project from his PolarTREC