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Can you imagine standing on the South Pole? Or excavating one of the earliest settlements in the Alaskan Arctic? Or enduring the summit of Greenland? Or traveling on an icebreaker through the Drake Passage? … These are just some of the exciting projects that the “PolarTREC class of 2010” will enjoy

A beautiful week in Fairbanks, Alaska!Orientation for my upcoming Arctic Expedition is going great! Fairbanks is gorgeous when the sun is out – bare birch trees this time of year and dark, skinny pine trees on the banks of the curving river. Chunks of ice drift downstream in the rust-brown water.It

Transformation Station - Fairbanks, AlaskaYes, that’s right, the National Science Foundation has identified us as PolarTREC teachers who have the potential to be transformative! Does that mean we can change shape? No, but after eating the great food here in Fairbanks, I feel like I have transformed

Heading for the airport, I realize that I am about to begin what will be a remarkable adventure. Leaving my home and family back in New Jersey, I am on my way to Fairbanks, Alaska for the PolarTREC Orientation and ShareFair where I will be prepared for my research expedition in Kamchatka, Russia

For three days now we have been non-stop conferencin'. It has been a treat getting to know fellow PolarTREC teachers who have come from all corners of the country. They comprise an all-star cohort of educators comparable in ability and versatility to the League of Justice. Make sure to check out

Practice, practice, practice . . .To be or not to be . . . The question is . . . can I become an effective journal writer? I have had many opportunities to write in a technical fashion. However, now I need to be able to write in a more entertaining way. Practice, practice, practice. Most people don

I'm squinting my eyes, trying to catch a glimpse of the final frontier. The clouds are dark, heavy, thick. The pilot had announced we would be landing ten minutes ago. Where was Alaska? Though we'd been flying over it for the last few hours, I had yet to see it. My eyes had been pasted to the cool

Arriving at PolarTREC Orientation on Saturday evening was met with excitement, anxiousness and a real curiousity for the unknown. Even as I made the third leg of my flight from Seattle to Fairbanks, I knew this was going to be a "true adventure". I felt as though our 757 was "chasing" the sun. The

Wow! What a week! I'm here at the Westmark Hotel, in Fairbanks, Alaska are in the middle of our 2010 Orientation and ShareFair. It's been very exciting to meet all the new teachers and see how they are adjusting to the fact that they will soon be heading out to the Polar Regions. It's been a very