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South Pole Bound Washington-Lee teacher to conduct research in Antarctica.

Posted July 2, 2009 - 9:56am by Casey O’Hara

Date of article

12 March 2009

Author

David Schultz

Publication

Arlington Connection

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KATHERINE SHIREY prefers warm climates. She’s vacationed in Colombia, Costa Rica,
Belize and other tropical locales. But in January 2011, this Washington-Lee High School physics teacher will be traveling to Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, to conduct experimental research. “I’d much rather prefer to go to a warm climate but that’s just not where the action is,” Shirey said.