Willy the Wildcat
Why should you study polar science? You’ll have to watch the latest Greenland Minute to find out! http://youtu.be/6JMT4-MdKtI This is Willy the Wildcat – Libertyville High School’s mascot. He’s…
Arctic Ground Squirrel
What do teachers do when they are not teaching? If they’re science teachers … they do a lot of nerdy things! Here’s a short summary of things we did on breaks from our training: I’m holding an…
Chatting with IceBridge
If you are interested in connecting with Operation IceBridge here are a few ways: Simply follow my Operation IceBridge Journals which you are already doing :-) Pass the link along to all your…
Moon over the P-3
Operation IceBridge, a six year mission to map the polar ice with unprecedented accuracy, flies missions year round. Coincidentally, they were in Fairbanks flying missions into the Arctic Ocean at…
Flying over the Canadian Rockies
I’m in Alaska! That leaves Delaware as the only state I have not been to. Ironically Delaware was the first state to join the Union on December 7, 1787. In another twist, one of the PolarTREC…
With less than a month to go before my deployment, I am busy getting ready. My AP Physics class is my first priority. Fortunately, I found a great substitute who happens to have a PhD in…