Nicole Eshelman

Geography and History teacher, wife and mom, travel junkie, born explorer and foodie, NatGeo Certified Educator and Mentor

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@natgeoeducation makes it possible to follow your dreams. Becoming a certified educator was the beginning of connecting with likeminded educators whom encouraged me to go take my teaching further. My childhood dream… https://t.co/BtvqO5qBHd

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@DeiblerJennifer @BoomerangPrjct @SkytopLodge @ManheimTownship Boom boom!

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We are embracing the full experience of #Antarctica by jumping into 29-degree water. But hey, the sun was shining and it IS summertime. #gtf2018 @natgeoeducation @lindbladexp… https://t.co/7MqgxfOMje

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They call these divorce kayaks, but Kholood and I managed to get a close view of some penguins without tipping, crashing, or arguing. Photo credit: Conor Ryan #gtf2018 @natgeoeducation… https://t.co/9Gta4SHP2A

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A visit to Chile’s Pratt Research Base answered many questions about what life is like overwintering in #Antarctica. Chilean Navy are stationed there year-round so they have a presence and… https://t.co/o17jpwqM7X

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This afternoon, we found whale bones on Greenwich Island where Chile has one of their research bases (rather where their navy is stationed to maintain the country’s presence on… https://t.co/NdD6JdjdF4

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Adelie penguin rookery of 10,000s on Devil Island in the Weddell Sea on the East side of the Antarctic Peninsula. @natgeoeducation @lindbladexp @insidenatgeo #gtf2018 #polarfever #antarctica https://t.co/LI72rXbHXp

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For all who love penguins, here are a few of the 40,000 that I saw today. Some are making their nest on the abandoned Larsen Stone Hut from 1903, others are keeping their adelie chicks… https://t.co/YneQoJLiTu

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Landed on a cinder come volcano this morning to an adellie penguin rookery of over 400,000 penguins. It’s snowing and below freezing— the weather you’d expect in Antarctica (but such a… https://t.co/YksKsFllKr

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Just when I thought getting some shots of killer whales was impossible, we were blessed with another pod this afternoon in #antarctica! There were at least a dozen Type B killer whales… https://t.co/oFJHOXEPXQ

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Just when I thought getting some shots of killer whales were impossible, we were blessed with another pod this afternoon in #antarctica! There were at least a dozen Type B killer whales… https://t.co/5kDV7Og6wn

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Exploring Flanders Bay as our ship carved its way onto a chunk of fast ice. The other NatGeo ship, Orion, also ported with us and we all walked over the thick ice. We saw emperor penguins… https://t.co/mhimnkTDug

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Almost 24 hours of daylight in #antarctica to ring in the New Year! Happy New Year, friends! @ Antarctica https://t.co/xedPhUqbiZ

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LeMaire Channel cruise for New Year’s Eve. New year, new continent! #antarctica #polarfever #lindbladexpeditions #natgeoeducation @insidenatgeo @ Antarctica https://t.co/Bt5iBJSMdA

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Morning hike on #Antarctica! That’s right, we made it!!!! We saw two glaciers calving at Portal Point, penguins swimming (porpoising up and down through the water), a crevasse, and a seal.… https://t.co/Z9aMEIR9m9

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Still journeying to the continent, but today’s hike on Half Moon Island brought hundreds of penguins, a seal, and more whale sightings. As we continued to cruise south today, we saw the… https://t.co/wHvimHHDU7

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The best interruption to breakfast— fin whale sightings! @lindbladexp @insidenatgeo #gtf2018 #polarfever #further #antarctica https://t.co/3KI0EGrmcN

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Still no land, and no icebergs (yet!) but I spent much of the day on the bridge looking for wildlife with the kids on the ship in the Young Explorers program! And I spotted these… https://t.co/aO8M3IJ1kn

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All is calm on the Drake Passage today. This is the view from our cabin through the porthole. Another day and we will be in #Antarctica https://t.co/nrN5fHRdNn

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Goodbye Ushuaia! Crossing the Drake Passage for the next two days until we see #Antarctica! Hoping for Drake Lake and not the Drake Shake. Thank you for this AMAZING opportunity… https://t.co/u11kiHFW7r