John’s Polar Adventures

While my polar adventures may be over (for the moment at least), I came home in a whirlwind and quickly moved into my cabin at the UM BioStation in less than 24 hours after my plane landed. The Voyage may be over, but now the work begins on the ground.

I started class yesterday with Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands (every M and Th) and continue tomorrow with General Ecology (every W and Sat). We jumped right in both figuratively and literally as we started our afternoon session of Rivers with trips to three field sites to collect invertebrates and conduct some measurements. Although it was at least 8 hours of class, the day went by really quickly and my small class of 9 really had a lot of fun.

I also officially started work on my Greenwala internship on Monday as well, working on some different content related to green building. If you haven’t yet already, you all should create an account at www.greenwala.com so you can be a part of the Beta launch featuring some of the content that I’ve been working on

As Voyagers, we are still keeping in touch with one another as we all start to conceptualize how we can be most effective within our own countries. Most of us are still in the digestion phase as we try to process all of the information that we have been given over the course of the trip.

As things progress over the summer, I’ll continue to use the blog to keep you in the loop to life at the BioStation, work at Greenwala, Energy Futures and SG activities, post-Voyage developments, and anything else that comes to mind. I may not update it as frequently, but keep on reading!