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This week I flew to Fairbanks, Alaska for a week of training to become a PolarTREC teacher. I am going to Finland in May to participate in an archaeological dig! We will be digging up prehistoric hunter/gatherer settlements. On the flight to Fairbanks I sat next to a "real Alaskan." He has lived

Hello Fairbanks! Yeah! I made it. I am 3,000 miles away from home in Fairbanks, Alaska! I barely made two of my flights, but I am here. There was a snow storm in Detroit the morning that I was trying to leave and the airport was crazy. After waiting an hour and a half to check in and go through

Hola Oyster Scientists! It was twelve degrees below zero when I walked out of the Fairbanks airport at 1:30 am on Sunday morning. Brrrr! How much colder is that than it was in DC today? I didn't really notice the cold though because I was so excited to be here. I couldn't believe that I had already

I am going to the bottom of the Earth - WOW!! Well, let's first correct that statement. There really isn't a top or bottom. The Earth has a north and a south. We are just so use to seeing the globes in our classrooms with the North Pole on the top. We don't really ever think of any other perspective

I felt slightly disappointed to be flying into Alaska at night. What about seeing the mountains? I've been living without mountains in sight for over five months! What about recognizing the glaciers and rivers from the air? I've been telling many people about where I come from this year... and now I

February 23, 2009 Journal EntryThe beginning is a good place to start. When one begins a project it is best to include the foundations that support the final structure. For this journal entry, the base rock is learning how to use the system. As always, navigating someone else's vision and dream

First post!!!1! Welcome to my journal for *Mr. O'Hara's Amazing Antarctic Adventure *[tm]! Of course, I am on the opposite side of the planet right now, in Fairbanks, Alaska, thanks to my hosts at PolarTREC. Why would I be going to the South Pole? To hunt and capture the elusive Neutrino, a mythical

"Just think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown” Gordon Lightfoot I thought the above song lyric was appropriate; I just got done pouring water onto my laptops screen during our training session. I would be upset but this training is

Welcome to it. Yesterday 22 Arctic-bound teachers and 6 PolarTREC employees met in Fairbanks, AK to begin polar preparations. We listened to veteran polar teachers and staff tell tales of deeply satisfying experiences learning science, scientific practice, and self-discovery in the Arctic regions