Location:Lat:76 41.648 NLong: 170 27.27.949 W Today, I got dressed up in my flight gear three times in preparation to go out in the helicopter. Twice, I was all dressed up, but then had no where to…
Location: Lat:76 41.648 N Long: 170 27.27.949 W Today's journal is a random collection of questions that my students submitted to the Ask the Team section. They were such great questions that I…
Lat: 75 50.84 N Long: 171 49.40 W Sunrise: 9:47 am Sunset: 8:32 pm ****Today the research team did another search for polar bears based on their GPS locations. What I find interesting is that we…
Location: Lat: 75 25.550 North Long:  164 05.879 West In order to get to the next location of polar bears, we have to travel northwest about 307 miles. This means that for the entire day today we…
Location: Lat: 73.1575 N Long: -154.279 W In the morning, we were finally close to the GPS location of the first bear. When I went to bridge, we could finally see a bit more ice. As the boat hits…
Location: Lat:  71  44.589 N Lon:  153  46.375 W Today was going to be the first day the researchers went out on the ice, however rarely do things go as planned. I am learning about how flexible…
Sunrise:  8:43 am Sunset: 7:49 pm Location: Lat: 72  degrees 15.24 minutes Long: 155 degrees  02.513 minutes  This morning I woke bright and early, got ready and arrived at a nearly empty mess…
Today was a day full of "hurry up and wait" moments while I was brimming with excitement and ready to finally board the Polar Sea. I woke up early, quickly got ready and headed out the door. We…
The final two days of preparation to be traveling for 6 weeks continued to be chaotic - finishing sub plans, visiting with family and friends one last time and of course packing! At my school site,…
In the final few days before I leave, I feel a bit overwhelmed with the details of sub plans, final packing lists, etc. As I was running down my list of things to do, I remembered the phrase - "It…
It's been a busy summer for me. My summer was full of planning - wedding, new subject to teach, and a Polar expedition. However, I did get to take a small break from all the planning to travel to…
It seems like I have been talking to everyone I know about going to the Arctic and the polar bear research for years now - but it’s only been about 6 months.  It’s been this vague far off experience…