Anxiously Anticipating an Awesome Arctic-stravaganza!

All of this excitement is causing auspicious Arctic alliteration, as you can tell from this post's title. For the last few weeks I've been talking to a lot of people about our upcoming Northern Experience. The reactions vary from "WHOA! THAT'S INCREDIBLE!" to "Why are you going there?" The most common is "I hope you don't freeze." I especially love the wide variety of comments concerning polar bears:

• Can you take a picture of a polar bear?
• You should get a polar bear's autograph.
• Bring me back a polar bear.
• Don't make polar bears mad.
• If you see a polar bear and it wants to give you a hug, don't fall for it.
• Tell me if polar bears really drink Coca Cola, like in the commercial.
• And etcetera...

As you can tell, everybody loves to give advice...especially about polar bears... One of my friends asked if I was going to meet Santa, while another said "The Arctic, is that the one with the penguins?" Essentially, the reactions have been priceless and memorable. Many people are eagerly awaiting the presentations I've promised to make when I get home, and many others are envious of me for getting to go on this trip.

In case you were wondering, I'm from Victoria, British Columbia. The weather here has been getting more and more sunny lately, and when it has rained it's been rather warm. It's currently 6 o'clock, and a bright and a sunny 13-degrees Celsius. In short, I will have quite a shocking change of scenery in a week's time. True North, here I come!