Welcome to the Adventure!

Dear Family, Friends, and fellow adventure enthusiasts:

Only 9 days until this warm weather Oklahoma gal heads off to the frozen North! I am a mix of excitement, anticipation, and shivers at the thought of what awaits. I have a feeling that Churchill is going to make Boston and Chicago feel like island get-a-ways.

For those of you who are in need of all the details, I will be joining a field research team in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The team is studying climate change in the Arctic. I am the recipient of an Earthwatch Live from the Field Fellowship. Earthwatch matches volunteers to research teams around the world. I applied for a teachers fellowship that allows me to communicate via email, blog, and web video with my students in Chicago. My hope is that my students will realize that they too can travel the world to find answers to their burning questions.

I'll be using this blog as my journal. It will be written on an adult reading level. I also have a blog through Earthwatch that will be written on a Kinder and first grade level. Check it out!
I will most likely post all of my pictures and video to that site.

The adventure awaits!
Megan