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Today, students learned one of the most important polar lessons; be flexible! The robot building hit a couple snags today, but the group recovered nicely! We had recently purchased a portable DVD player to use as our video screen/TV monitor for viewing, and controlling, the robots progress

Perhaps our little success today wasn't quite as monumental as the recent "Phoenix" landing on Mars, but we're feeling good about what we accomplished! Today was the first "official" meeting to start assembling our robot for the Antarctic challenge. We now have a robot frame and three motorized

Have you seen this little fella in my pictures? The lion wearing a DA shirt and a bow tie? He is my school friend and my PolarTREC expedition mascot. Check my journal and photos to see how many times you can spot him! He has been to Fairbanks, to the Alaskan pipe line, seen a polar bear and hung out

Click the icon below to listen to an audio journal by Katie Pena, from Punta Arenas, Chile.

I started my day a little later than most because I slept until 11:30 a.m.! I was in bed for close to 11 hours, but that is good because for the past couple of nights I had only gotten maybe a total of 5 hours of sleep. The boat was swaying more than normal due to higher waves, which had made

Today we had an opportunity to take a tour of the engine room. The tour was led by 3 of the 4 engineers, Dave (chief engineer), Richard (2nd assistant engineer), and Jerry (3rd assistant engineer). The engine room is located in the very bottom of the ship. We were first taken down the stairs and

The webinar was a great success! I really enjoyed presenting my experiences to many students all over the US. The scientists were also very impressed with the level of questions that were asked by the students. I hope that everyone that participated enjoyed it as much as we did here on the ship. I