Road Less Traveled Paved with Sand and Snow
My travels in the last couple of years have taken me from the sand and heat of Mesopotamia to the ice and cold of Antarctica....
Category : Perspectives
Lessons from the Ice
Ten months ago, I was sitting at my desk grading papers at the Zoo Academy – a Cincinnati Public School on the grounds of the...
Cheerio and All That
A U.S. scientist writes about his red beans-and-toast experiences aboard the HMS Endurance as a guest of the British Antarctic Survey during a science cruise...
There and Back Again
Elke Bergholz has been to the bottom of the world twice in nine years as a teacher, though there are no children in Antarctica. She...
Back to the ranch
Paul Ponganis is an Antarctic veteran researcher who has studied emperor penguins in the field for more than 20 years. He describes the research and...
Is Anybody Listening?
Is anybody listening? That was the subject for a panel of science writers who recently participated in an energy and climate change symposium at the...
The Unexpected
By definition, an adventure involves the unexpected. Author Nancy Etchemendy knew she was signing up for an adventure when she agreed to join a group...
Cosmological Crisis
Anil Ananthaswamy talks about how cosmology today is in crisis. He asks, “Can the next generation of experiments in cosmology and particle physics help anchor...
Prepping for Science
Ben Bachelder braves Antarctic storms, high altitudes and persnickety stoves in the support of science. He tells the tale of setting up camp in the...
Saving Historic Sites
Climbing a mountain, rappelling down a crevasse, and preserving artifacts from two of the most famous explorers in human history, is not how Susanne Grive...