{"id":1311078,"date":"2019-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=980080"},"modified":"2019-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:00:00","slug":"from-basalt-to-the-arctic-circle-teacher-earns-national-geographic-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/from-basalt-to-the-arctic-circle-teacher-earns-national-geographic-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"From Basalt to the Arctic Circle: teacher earns National Geographic fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7254901960784\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-980080-26\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Basalt High School teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram is surrounded by students earlier this school year. Imgram is a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow for 2019.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram is surrounded by students earlier this school year. Imgram is a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow for 2019.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619.jpg\" alt=\"Basalt High School teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram is surrounded by students earlier this school year. Imgram is a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow for 2019.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ralph Lee Hopkins\/courtesy photo | National Geographic Explorer at Monoco Glacier, Leifdefjord, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the area on a fellowship next week.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>National Geographic Explorer at Monoco Glacier, Leifdefjord, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the area on a fellowship next week.<\/strong><br \/>Ralph Lee Hopkins\/courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-1.jpg\" alt=\"National Geographic Explorer at Monoco Glacier, Leifdefjord, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the area on a fellowship next week.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ralph Lee Hopkins\/courtesy photo | Observers check out a polar bear on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the archipelago next week.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Observers check out a polar bear on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the archipelago next week.<\/strong><br \/>Ralph Lee Hopkins\/courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/northpole-atd-060619-2.jpg\" alt=\"Observers check out a polar bear on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Basalt teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram will visit the archipelago next week.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/from-basalt-to-the-arctic-circle-teacher-earns-national-geographic-fellowship\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/from-basalt-to-the-arctic-circle-teacher-earns-national-geographic-fellowship\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Although Wednesday was the last day of classes at Basalt High School, teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram must wait another couple of weeks for summer break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram will head to the Arctic Ocean on Saturday on an 11-day education and research expedition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram was one of only 45 teachers across North America to be selected as a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow for 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m just going to be a sponge and learn as much as I can while I\u2019m there,\u201d Ingram said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram, 52, teaches biology, film and a special class designed to help newcomers from other countries adjust to life in the Roaring Fork Valley through studying English and customs. She was recognized as the 2016 Colorado Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram undertook some special instruction during the 2018-19 academic year from the National Geographic Society and learned about the fellowship program. She applied and was accepted, somewhat to her amazement. It\u2019s a good lesson for students in little old Basalt to realize they should aim high, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram and another teacher from Florida will join naturalists and researchers on the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer in Norway. They will have rare access for viewing and studies of animal and plant life. Ingram said she is specifically interested in learning about micro-plastics in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEverybody\u2019s real excited in all of my classes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram had students write down questions they would like her to seek answers to while on the expedition. She\u2019s taking the questions on about 40 index cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIs there any way humans can reverse the effects (of climate change) on the Arctic?\u201d says one question from a student in the biology class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHow tall is a polar bear?\u201d asked a student in her newcomer class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram went to the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., in April to meet some of the naturalists and researchers she will be shadowing. She also took crash courses in photography and video editing to help capture events on the expedition and in public speaking and outreach planning to help share the information next school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ingram said she will be able to leave the boat \u2014 which is a combination research vessel and cruise ship \u2014 to accompany naturalists in kayaks and Zodiacs as well as on land. How much time they spend off the boat depends on the amount of ice they encounter, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">An online itinerary for the trip says they will fly from Oslo, Norway, to Longyearbyen, Norway, an archipelago that is one of the world\u2019s northernmost inhabited areas. From there, they will use the National Geographic Explorer as a floating base camp for six days. They will explore north of the Arctic Circle, where the sun shines all day every day during the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis voyage is undertaken in the spirit of discovery, and our travel in the archipelago is exploratory by design. In a region ruled not by humans but by polar bears, we let nature guide our course,\u201d the itinerary says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They will venture to the base of tidewater glaciers, kayak among icebergs and explore coastal fjords. They will likely have opportunities to view walruses, seals, reindeer and polar bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Passengers on the boat have the opportunity to take the \u201cPolar Plunge\u201d \u2014 a quick jump into the frigid Arctic Ocean. Ingram said she and the other teachers have already vowed to make the leap and have purchased special narwhal hats for the occasion. Her hope is to see one of the Arctic porpoises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She plans to keep a blog of the journey and will be sharing what she learns through a variety of ways next school year. She hopes to have photo displays and will talk to school and community groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be so exciting. I can\u2019t wait,\u201d Ingram said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/from-basalt-to-the-arctic-circle-teacher-earns-national-geographic-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basalt High School teacher Leticia Guzman Ingram is surrounded by students earlier this school year. Imgram is a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow for 2019.Courtesy photo National Geographic Explorer at Monoco Glacier, Leifdefjord, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. 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