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I've had quite a few questions from both kids and adults asking how I got the opportunity to travel to Antarctica. In my case - being a teacher, having an Einstein fellowship in Washington, DC that has me working on the educational aspects of the International Polar Year - and a good bit of luck

Punta Arenas on the Oden ,12-10-6 A long first day -Publicity, outreach and collaboration with Chile The first day on the ship and lots of public relations work occurred. We got invited by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriors Instituto Antarctico Chileno for a reception and the Chilean press was

The city of Punta Arenas was one of the key stops for early explorers as they followed by Magellan Passage around the tip of South America - and also as a starting / finishing point for many of the early Antarctic expeditions. The town square has a huge monument dedicated to Magellan According to

We’ve arrived, are on the Oden, and are deep into preparations to depart for Antartica tomorrow. Mr. Miller has been determined that my skills and talents would best be served during the voyage if I was to be responsible for reporting the basic information about where we are and what we are seeing

Punta Arenas, 12-10-06 Icebreaker Oden arrives in Punte Arenas - 12/10/06 Icebreaker Oden arrives in Punta Arenas on schedule in the morning Brent Steward and Ute Kaden working on the AGUNSA computers Brent Stewart ( marine animal scientist) and myself are working on the AGUNSA computers sending

Punta Arenas, Chile 12-8-06 Meeting the Magellanic penguins at Seno Otway and Isla Magdalena near Punta Arenas , Chile After watching the movies "Happy Feet" and "March of the Penguins" (highly recommended) I was looking forward to meeting my first penguin in the wild. Encountering the flightless

How about 65 5th graders - at the end of the day Friday - sitting on the floor for a presentation. This had the makings of a disaster but what a great group of kids. At the end of an hour I figured we were ready to wrap it up and the class kept it going with another 15 minutes of questions. Some

Met with a great group of students today - Ms. Lamberts 4th graders - I can definitely see some great scientists coming out of this class! They had great questions - and already knew a ton about the Arctic and Antarctic! They're a NASA Explorer School so the halls and classrooms are full of some

This is Sasha Miller - my year and a half year old daughter. This past weekend she was given an abandoned bear - left behind at a social function in town - apparently completely forgotten by someone who was supposed to come and pick him up. Since Washington DC is really no place for a wild polar

I was so excited to find a great set of questions from a class of fifth graders that are taught science by a phenomenal teacher friend of mine from Houston - Lollie Garay. Lollie and I are both Mercury Messenger Fellows - working to get folks excited about the science of the Mercury Messenger