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The parts have been delivered! The robot will begin construction on Tuesday, May 27th! I have an enthusiastic and motivated group of 8th graders who are determined to build a robot to send with me to Antarctica! This idea started as a friendly competition with Ms. Cameo Slaybough who teaches in

April 22nd, 2008 - Earth Day! Rye Junior High participated in a collaborative effort with people around the world to broadcast a live event, celebrating Earth, for 24 hours: "Earthcast ‘08"! The Junior High's participation in the event was thanks to Ms. Sheila Adams. Ms. Adams works tirelessly to

On March 20th, 2008, many of my students had the chance to listen to a "Live from IPY" event featuring Mr. Craig Kasemodel! Students listened intently as Craig and the researchers explained their work in the Arctic. The spotting of Walrus was a source of excitement and interest for the students

I asked Marcy, the UTIG cartographer this question. "How do we start making maps of the seafloor?" She started by telling me about multibeam swath bathymetry sonar maps. Bathymetry maps are topography maps of the land underwater. We are all used to seeing topography maps of landforms above sea level

We finally went on our field trip to Nauticus, a local museum. The Nauticus currently has a changing exhibit entitled Seabots : Pilots of the Deep. This was the first step in our plan to build our own underwater remotely operated vehicle or ROV. You may be wondering just what a ROV is. It is a robot

Finally, YES-we got permission this afternoon for dredging and recording data in Chilean waters! Everybody is so excited and relieved by the news of our official Chilean permit. We now have until about lunchtime on Thursday to complete our science before starting our transit back into Punta Arenas

I am afraid that it is getting easier and easier for me to sleep in until 11 in the morning. I don't know how I will adjust to my normal teaching schedule, which has me waking up at 5:45 in the morning; it will be a big and sleepy adjustment. The news from the night shift was that 2 rock dredges

Time was short on the seamount so Rhian worked hard to ensure that every minute was spent sampling as many habitats as possible. During the 12 hour shift 4 dredges were brought up on deck with mixed results. Corals, rocks, bryozoa and hydroids. After the dredging sites the scientists on the next

We are using the Towcam to check out the seamounts that are located between the Antarctic and South American Continents. This seamount, that we are calling "Interim Seamount” because we do not know if it has a name, is south of 60 degrees. Our mapping has shown that it has a distinctive elongate