AWS project, Antarctica, its climate,
geography, animals, how we will get
around on ‘the ice’ and anything else they
are curious about,” he says.
As part of his outreach work, Penn
is giving presentations to students
and classes both before and aft er his
deployment to talk about Antarctica’s
geography, climate and conditions,
clothing he will be issued, modes of travel,
his job and the research.
In addition, he is inviting classes to
make a small banner or fl ag for him to take.
He will photograph himself holding it in
Antarctica and return the photo and fl ag
to the classroom. Penn will also take self-
addressed stamped postcards to be mailed
from the “post offi ce” in Antarctica—with
the Antarctic postmark.
He expects to keep teaching at Shaler
for many years, and adds that he will
“continue to look for ways to engage and
inspire our students and make myself a
bett er teacher.” ■
For approximately six weeks this
winter, Penn will work as part of a
research team to install and maintain
remote automatic weather stations all
over the continent of Antarctica.
The public can follow Michael Penn’s preparations and expedition at
polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-automatic-weather-stations-2018
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