from Michael Wing (Finland '09) - we trained together in Fairbanks, 21 months ago. You have been preparing for this for SO long - now you're there. Congratulations!
Dear Katey: Since you asked, I went to Namibia with NASA's Spaceward Bound program http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/ last April, and a made a very brief trip this summer to Devon Island, in the Canadian Arctic- I flew on a Hercules C130 cargo plane, just like you, that was flown by the New York Air National Guard. I hope to go to the United Arab Emirates with Spaceward Bound this coming February.
But, most of all, I or one of my students need to get to the Antarctic Dry Valleys!
Let me know if you have any ideas for how to do it.
Great to hear from you. Are you planning on taking any more adventures soon?