Working in collaboration with Students on Ice, an organization that leads learning expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic, this chapter describes a prototype learning module, based on climate change, and a prototype gaming component for the Atlas.
As a result of this involvement, Geoff Green and Angela Holmes, founders of Students on Ice, an organization that runs polar learning expeditions for teenagers, invited me to become a member of the education team.
She and the Hernandez faculty were key developers of the first learning expeditions and best practices of what has grown to be a successful national network and organization.
"Since these are luxury cruises, you could spend your days at sea in a hot whirlpool out on deck, glass of wine in hand – or head ashore on an expedition, learning more about these remote ecosystems with the help of expert guides," said the Los Angeles-based company.
You may learn about expeditions sponsored by other organizations or about informal research trips.
In 2004, de Rothschild undertook his first polar expedition, after learning, on a visit to London that spring, that Patrick Woodhead, the brother of a friend, was organizing the first ever east-to-west traverse of Antarctica by foot, ski, and kite.
Davis refused, thinking the enterprise was "foredoomed", so the appointment went to Frank Worsley, who reportedly had applied to the expedition after learning of it in a dream.
Francis Nicholson's land expedition learned of the naval disaster when it was encamped near Lake George; Nicholson aborted the expedition.
What the expedition learns about the history of the colony comes as a surprise to all.
One of the first things the mother and son members of this expedition learned was the Litchfield Wave, not a salutation but a necessity near the river: brushing the mosquitos and no-see-ums out of our faces while the guides unloaded the boats.
Here, Nilsen learned that the expedition's funds were exhausted; a sum supposedly set aside for the ship's needs had not materialised.
