Sarah Anderson teaches physics and aquatic science at Boerne High School in Boerne, Texas. She has twenty years of teaching experience including work as a classroom teacher, education specialist, and television instructor. In addition to her work in the classroom, Ms. Anderson conducts training for pre-service teachers and teaches a field-based aquatic science course for high school students during the summer. She has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Education and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Science Education.

Stephen Ackley has worked and conducted sea-ice research in Antarctica for more than 30 years. He previously worked with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and then joined the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Texas San Antonio in 2006. Ackley Point was named in Antarctica to honor Dr. Ackley for his outstanding sea-ice work in Antarctica by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Ackley Point is an ice covered point located near McMurdo Sound. Click here to find Ackley point on a map.

The team traveled onboard the research icebreaker Nathanial B. Palmer into the Bellinghausen and Amundsen Seas in western Antarctica. The boat departed from, and returned to, Punta Arenas, Chile. Click here to see a picture and read more about the icebreaker.