History Day Website
This years theme was Communications, and students could pick the type of project, one of which was to build a webite.
What a perfect project!
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SHO
Back in 1989 Ford decided to create a high performance sedan out of the Taurus. They threw a Mazda manual transmission and a Yamaha DOHC V6 and called it the SHO (Super High Output). My Dad has always been into cars, and he scoped this one out for several years. In 1992, a second generation
COVID Skiing
In the midst of a pandemic, if presented an opportunity to safely do something that makes you feel normal, then you go for it.
Spending the New Year in Argentina
The only problem, and this was to be a theme for the weekend, is how skimpy Argentines were with ice.
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Day 12 -13 – Back Across the Drake
The captain didn’t waste anytime starting our trip back to Ushuaia. No wake up call meant getting to sleep in and relax.
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Day 11 – Yankee Harbour / Half Moon Island
Our final day in Antartica! The Plancius had taken us to the Shetlend Islands overnight to start our journey home, but there were two more places to explore and discover.
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Day 10 – Ketley Point / Foyn Harbour
Christmas Morning in Antartica, that was a pretty surreal experience.
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Day 9 – Orne Island/Wilhelmina Bay
Another day of waking up to Allie’s ‘Good Morning Everyone, Good Morning’, only this morning there were Orcas alongside the boat, so we raced out to see and chase them. Then coffee, breakfast, gear up and find out where the Plancius has parked us today. Once on the water, we found out why the Plancius
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Day 8 – Danco Island / Polar Plunge
I got up and could not catch my breath for what felt like a full minute.
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Day 7 – Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy, or Base A, is a British outpost that now serves as a museum and a place to conduct research.
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Day 6 – Camping in Antarctica
To construct a proper Antarctive camp site, you first must dig out a mummy shaped ditch in the snow
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Day 6 – Culverville Island / Neko Harbor
The expedition begins…finally!
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Day 5 – Antarctica on the Horizon
Woke up to another morning of rocking waves on the Drake
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Day 4 – Day on the Drake
Although we were sleeping, the Plancius was chugging away from Argentina and into the Drake Passage.
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Day 3 – All Aboard
Walking down the dock, we realized we weren’t alone.
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Day 2 – Tierra del Fuego
I got to choose today’s adventure, and I chose to explore Tierra del Fuego!
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Hiking Through The Rockies
What do you say about something that you’ve spent 13 years depending on?
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Safari Day 6 – Tarangire
We said goodbye to our friends and set our sights towards Tarangire.
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