Oden Antarctic Expedition 06

Teacher Ute Kaden teaches physics at Homer Hanna High School and at the University of Texas in Brownsville, Texas. This was Ute’s second icebreaker voyage as she previously spent two months on the Healy icebreaker transiting the Arctic Ocean as a TREC teacher. Ute is determined to establish technology-rich and inquiry-based science lessons in the classroom and is dedicated to the design of distance education courses and multimedia for science. Ute is currently working on her PhD dissertation topic on the effects of technology-rich and inquiry based science education on attitudes of Hispanic students toward science and and/or engineering. Ute enjoys a variety of outdoor pursuits, digital photography and flying gliders.

Allan Miller has spent the past 20 years working as an educator and administrator throughout Alaska, teaching science at the elementary, middle and high school levels. He has a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology and coached the U.S. Biathlon team through the 1998 Olympic season. Allan has had a lifelong passion for aviation and space, is a licensed pilot and volunteers as an educator for numerous NASA and Civil Air Patrol Aerospace programs. He has won several awards for his teaching and outreach efforts and was recently named an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow. Allan is currently working for the National Science Foundation, helping coordinate K-12 outreach efforts connected with the International Polar Year.