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On November 9, 2009 the students of St. John Francis Regis held a Polar F.U.N. night to showcase their work of 7 weeks. Each student selected a topic related to one of the two poles of our planet. Their mission was to create a Factual, Unique, Neat **and complete **project. Factually

You are in a large room surrounded with 125 projects educating you about the polar regions of our planet when a reporter walks up to you and asks you a question. Will you make your student proud that you know the answers? Will you amaze their friends with your knowledge and verbal ability? OR

Words cannot do justice to the experience of seeing Antarctica for the first time. It is a vast continent, still with many corners yet to be explored and a very small human footprint. Today, I made my own small footprints (they will disappear!) as I stepped off the plane onto the sea ice. The view

Today we had an appointment at the Clothing Distribution Center (CDC). It is quite exciting for anyone who has never been to Antarctica before because this is when you get all of your clothes for the ice! When we arrived, there were bright orange bags out with our names on them and they were filled

We were supposed to fly today to McMurdo but delays in weather have prevented us from boarding the plane! The crew already down on the ice informed us that we would have to wait for a flight next week. I cannot complain too much because many people who are involved in the WAIS Divide project have

Our helo flight has been delayed, so I took the time to make a short movie for you. I watched Observation Hill split a cloud this morning against a beautiful blue backdrop. What follows is video footage and photos. The closing photo is one of Vince's Cross taken over Hut Point on Monday while

One of the cool things that you can do while in McMurdo is that you can sign-up for Delta trips. Deltas are big wheeled buses that are used to transport people across the ice. I took one to happy camper school and they are fun because the wheels are huge and you are so far off the ground. They are

Monday was a VERY long day and found us out at Bratina Island area for almost 12 hours. I had my doubts upon leaving as it was very windy here at McMurdo and was concerned that we'd freeze to death out there! LOL!! OK...exaggerating, but I knew winds like we were having would make for a very cold

Yesterday, I left my home and my fabulous dog, Lucy, to head into Seattle for a two-day visit with my family before taking off for New Zealand and Antarctica. Do not worry; Lucy gets to hang out with a wonderful friend of mine while I am on my adventure. Before I left Whidbey Island, I received a

Last post before I head south of the equator for the first time. As I finish packing up and get ready for the airport shuttle to arrive, I feel like things are going pretty smoothly. We'll see about that... I can't help but compare my trip to a previous expedition to Antarctica: I recently finished