Welcome to the PolarTREC family. What an amazing experience you have begun. It will be life changing, life challenging and life enriching. From the days in Fairbanks through the time in the field ultimately to the 100s of people you will meet and share your experience with your teaching career will be different. My wish for you is that you spend the time to build the relationships with other PolarTREC teachers those of today and those of us from the past. I have found these individuals to be inspiring and a constant source of ideas. Tell Janet that Gary says it is time for recess when eyes get droopy!!!
I look forward to reading your journals and sharing them with students the world over.