Research Objectives:
Lucy Jane Bledsoe will write a sequel to The Antarctic Scoop, a middle-grades novel she researched during her 1999-2000 season on the Ice with the Antarctic Artists & Writers program. The first novel, to be published in the fall of 2003, features astrophysics at the South Pole. The sequel will feature a biology theme at Palmer Station.
Ms. Bledsoe’s novels for young people include Cougar Canyon and Hoop Girlz. Her photographic essay, How to Survive in Antarctica, will be published in 2004. She is a 2002-2003 recipient of the California Arts Council Individual Fellowship in Literature.
Ms. Bledsoe will observe science onboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould en route to Palmer Station as well as on the return trip to Punta Arenas. She will spend one month at Palmer Station observing science there and in immediately surrounding areas.
