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We are in the air somewhere over Norway. We've just taken off from Oslo on Scandinavian Air flight 4496, nonstop to Longyearbyen, Svalbard. It's 9 p.m. local time and the sun is still high in the sky, burning bright in the windows of the left side of the 737 we are on. ** *(Without using a map, what

Wherever you are, don’t just stay there. Travel! And see the world as much as you can. You will be amazed at what is out there to see and learn about. You’ll also be amazed at the people you will meet. I’m flying from Boston to Reykjavik, Iceland, on my way to Svalbard. When you have a 5+ hour

It's July 12th. We had a great morning at Julie's home in Amherst, MA. Everyone woke to the smell of fresh ground coffee brewing and Roger, Julie's husband, making us his signature sourdough pancakes. Mmmm! Today is all the last minute stuff, like a quick stop at the store for ziplock bags

Today is the day! Today is "make sure I can set up the tent…in the dark…in the rain…in a windstorm” day. I have been through it once and I know the basics, but I need to be GOOD! During the years from 1994 to 2006 Mr. Peterson and I spent large parts of our summers on the rivers of central Idaho

"Well, I guess the key is to stay flexible and be ready for anything". I think that was my response to Project Manager, Kristin Timm's question during my PolarTREC interview about how I would deal with situations that suddenly change, like getting stranded somewhere because of a canceled flight or

My first full day in Alaska! Staying up late to work on journal entries helped me to acclimate to the four hour time difference between Maryland and Alaska. I decided to do some morning birding around my hotel while I waited for my noon departure to St. Paul Island.My hotel sat near Lake Hood which

**** What a hectic day! Tying up loose ends at home, making sure everything is packed, and . . . WHOA! Almost forgot my passport! Kind of tough to travel to Svalbard, Norway without your passport. (And your Muck Boots. More about those later.) With passport in hand I checked in at the Boise airport

"Southern Avenue, last stop in southern Prince George's County" announced the operator of the Metro train, as we pulled in to the stop just outside of the Washington, DC line. I took a last look around at the lush vegetation present even in this rather urbanized region of my home county. A bright

Fellow polar treker Sarah Diers (Dissolved Organic Matter in Antarctica) and I had the awesome opportunity to meet our researchers and see their laboratories at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. My first impression was that Bozeman is amazing. It is a beautiful town surrounded by

Our 4am alarm was fifteen minutes too early...Trine and I packed our gear, rolled up our sleep kit and had everything nearly ready to go when we got word that the plane was delayed due to weather and visibility. We had to decide whether to pull out the gear and go back to sleep or go ahead and walk