I'm really excited to be going on this," she said Friday. "Very few people ever get to the Arctic, and I won't believe it until I actually get to see it.
"We'll be learning about the cultures of people who live there, and how global warming is affecting the area," said [Rachel Rathbone], who adds it's not that hard being green. "I recycle and reduce as much as possible. And we try and carpool to reduce the amount of toxins going into the air.
"I've been checking the temperatures on the Weather Channel and it hasn't been too bad," Rathbone said. "But I bet it'll be a lot colder on the ship."
... activities, lectures and experiments on topics like oceanography, biology, meteorology, geology, climatology and zoology. "We'll be learning about the cultures...