I'm ready to begin my journey!
Ready to go!
It’s hard to believe that it’s time for me to start traveling to Palmer Station. I’ve been looking forward to this trip for over a year now, and until…
For the past week I’ve gotten a lot of questions like, “Are you packed yet?” and “What does one take to Antarctica?” In answer to the first question, I’m almost packed. In answer to the second…
I said “goodbye for now” to the Polar Ambassadors with an after school celebration last week. At the meeting, I handed out our official t-shirts, designed by Polar Ambassador Claire Placky, and we…
As I've been preparing for my expedition, I've been doing a lot of reading and have learned several fascinating facts about Antarctica. Here are just a few!
Antarctica covers about 4.5 million…
I enjoyed a visit with 3rd and 4th graders from Park Forest Elementary School last week when I talked with students in Mrs. Hoffman’s Learning Enrichment classroom. Polar Ambassadors Anna and Emily…
Students at State High had a wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Amsler, one of the scientists I will be working with in Antarctica, on January 12th and 13th. Dr. Amsler, a Professor of Biology at the…
A Polar Ambassador is one of the twenty students in grades 9-12 at State College Area High School who are helping me spread the word about polar science. My expedition to Palmer Station Antarctica…
Today has been my favorite day of PolarTREC Orientation yet! We started this morning by learning to add photos to our journals and then had a lesson entitled "Staying Safe in the Field: from A-Z…
How do living things adapt to conditions at such high latitudes? I knew it would be cold up here at 64.838° N / 147.716° W (last night it was -30 degrees F!) but I didn't realize it would be quite…
What am I doing here? Will I fit in? Can I keep up? My mind raced as I rushed to get ready for my first PolarTREC Orientation meeting this morning. Since getting the phone call that I’d been…
