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A morning walk in the brisk -24 degrees F air, on top of the mostly frozen Chena River will certainly wake you up at 5:00 in the morning. Although mostly cloudy Ursa Major, the big dipper, shows me the compass direction as it peaks out from behind the clouds. The pockets of open water appear black

Today I am learning how to post pictures to my gallery, then create a new journal entry with the picture.

Each year families in Fairbanks are treated to a special celebration at the World Ice Art Championships. People from all over the world come to Fairbanks to create beautiful ice sculptures that are back lit by colored lights making the whole Ice Park a very magical place. Temperatures are below

Hello everyone! I am here in Fairbanks, Alaska, to help the Arctic Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) with getting teachers ready to join research teams at the Poles, much as I have done. I have made lot’s of new friends here, even in the cold. MINUS 25 Fahrenheit!!! See you soon, if I survive

March 25, 2007 Believe it or not, winter does exist and it lasts longer then 10 days! It is March 24th and there are several feet of snow. The temperature tonight is supposed to be -25F!!! I have never been in weather that cold and the -18F last night gave my cheeks a nice red chill so tonight will

Hi! I’m in Fairbanks, Alaska with 13 other PolarTREC teachers and the awesome ARCUS staff. They have been keeping us super busy at this tightly orchestrated workshop. Ignorance is not bliss if you want to be a PolarTREC teacher in the Arctic or Antarctic! Presentations by ARCUS staff and numerous

It's true - this weekend Mrs. Chippy - the polar teddy bear that joined me on the Oden - is joining a fellow NASA Network of Educator Astronaut Teacher Dan Wray and heading off to study astrobiology in the Mojave Desert. You can check out their expedition blogs at: www.mojavechippy.blogspot.com be

This is a great story giving some background about Dave Carey, who I wrote about in one of my journals. I thought many of you would enjoy some more information about his family in this well written article from our local Alaskan paper. Allan Story of Lt. David M. Carey put to rest in Antarctica *

INTERVIEW with PROFESSOR STEPHEN ACKLEY *Professor Stephen Ackley (http://www.utsa.edu/lrsg/Staff/Steve/SAckley.htm) is the principal investigator (PI) for the Sea Ice research conducted during the Oden cruise 2006/2007 to Antarctica by Dr. Hongjie Xie and Burcu Cicek from UTSA. He participated

Swedish icebreaker Oden & US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Sea maintaining the Ship channel and escorting supply ships to McMurdo, 1-14-07 Swedish icebreaker Oden at the ice pier in McMurdo, 1-14-07 (photo Oden crew) *The main mission to break the ship channel to McMurdo for the 2006-2007 Antarctic