I spent a few days last week chaperoning my son's fifth grade class on their science field trip to Western Colorado. The program was run by Keystone Science School, a similar center to ones that I worked at for several years in Minnesota. It was a fun trip overall but the biggest surprise was seeing [...]

I was looking through some of my old blog posts recently and came across this entry from Day 29 of our unsupported North Pole Expedition: After lunch we were stuck in the middle of open water, big pressure ridges and rubbled ice so we took the rubbled route which took roughly an hour to get both our [...]

Earth Day. Earth Week. Earth Life. I made this video five years ago for Earth Day and every year since, I reshare it hoping to connect one more time.

Now, where was I?

OK. Im back in Istanbul waiting for a flight back to Colorado. As always, Im excited to be heading home to see Maria and the kids, but severely disappointed for the cancellation of the 2024 North Pole season. But Im not surprised, either. Its a crazy and unstable environment with a lot of uncertainty. A [...]