Archive for December 2018

The Antarctic adventure has begun! Right after Christmas, I left my family home in Chicago and headed off to Punta Arenas. The next day, was a whirlwind of orientation meetings, trying on ECW gear (extreme cold weather clothing loaned to cruise participants by the US Antarctic Program), last-minute shopping, and moving onto the ship. After…

(this post was written by Ph.D. student Cory Berger) My name is Cory Berger, and I’m a new student in the Tarrant lab. I’m still getting settled in to life as a graduate student, but I’ve already had some memorable experiences, and I’m going to be writing about one of them today. I recently participated…