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Latitude: 62 03.489N Longitude 174 41.058W Yesterday we bid farewell to the ice and it was a perfect finale! After backing and ramming for hours to travel just a few miles through intensely thick ice that rocked the boat with its "rubble fields" and "ridges", we arrived at our final ice

It's been a little over two months since I left Alaska and it already seems like a lifetime ago. I have been working to keep the networks strong that I began to build while in Fairbanks and have been living vicariously through the adventures of the other PolarTrec teachers who have already completed

Longitude: 175 41.698W Latitude: 59 43.948N ****It may not be sunny and 75 here in the high latitudes but it is still growing season and the ocean around us is in full bloom! While it might not be as picturesque as the cherry blossoms that have blanketed the East Coast this spring, looking

Latitude: 60 47.831N Longitude: 174 22.268W On the hunt for ice sturdy enough to stand on or any ice at all for that matter- we headed north again last night. I like the sound of this, as I still haven't checked Ursus maritimus (polar bear) off my list of must-sees. Do you think that I will

Latitude: 59 32.611N Longitude: 175 09.250W "And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo!" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The stormy waters are a thing of the past today as we

Latitude: 57 32.836N Longitude: 169 15.240W Most of the scientists and crew aboard the Healy are admittedly much saltier and more sea-savvy than I. In random moments of desperate seasick agony many have even offered thoughtful, comforting words such as "This is nothing?!" or "I've heard that

Latitude: 57 02.701N Longitude: 170 03.531WThe term "Damage Control" on the Healy takes on many different meanings depending on who you are talking to or how you are feeling. For the past 24 hours as we have been bullied by the waves of the storm that Chief Rieg told me was coming, personal

For those of you who have been following regularly... today I am posting this journal from a broad-band internet connection! I made it to Moscow! I just took my first shower in a month! I also called home via skype read some email and now I need to pack my bags one last time before I leave Russia. I

Latitude: 557 19.521N Longitude: 169 54.416W Navigating the Bering Sea is nothing compared to the mental-mapping it takes to find your way around Healy City. Wrapping up my 20th day onboard, I am finally finding my way around. The only trouble is... the doors. Scuttles, latches, and levers-

Winds rushing at 50 knots, snow swirling through the air and hair whipping your eyes so fiercely that you can't keep them open long enough to see where you are walking... just another day at the office in the Bering Sea. While weather conditions are usually less than ideal out here in the land of "