susan_tea.jpg Susan Cowles, a Teacher Experiencing the Arctic and Antarctic (TEA) participant this season, shown in Washington with other TEA participants brought together for a pre-deployment orientation to prepare teachers to work on research projects with a mentor scientist. susan_parka.jpg Susan Cowles, a Teacher Experiencing the Arctic and Antarctic (TEA) participant this season, shown trying on her polar clothing. susanpic.gif susan_photo.jpg tim_siopier.jpg: Tim Brox visiting Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO pier in background) in preparation for his deployment to the Antarctic. tim_penguinfar.jpg Tim Brox, while visiting Scripps Institution of Oceanography, had a chance to view an Antarctic marine scene with its charismatic megafauna (emperor penguin) found at the Stephen Birch Aquarium. tim_penguinclose.jpg tim_bioballs.jpg Tim Brox, who used 'bio balls' in a bioremediation research project, found this surface maximization approach being used in the Stephen Birch Aquarium during his visit to Scripps Institution of Oceanography. rich_desktop.jpg Rich Iannuzzi, a marine science techician at sea currently on a winter sea ice cruise in the Antarctic, is shown at the water column analysis workstation where he also composes his messages sent daily for a journal correspondence with a group of fourth grade classes in New York, his home state. rich_icedrilling.jpg Rich Iannuzzi, a marine science technician at sea currently on a winter sea ice cruise in the Antarctic, is shown on the ice (on the left) preparing to drill a whole through which instruments can be lowered into the water.