Students may send e-mail to the explorers at Send a Message . Another part of the site that offers information for teachers and students is the Explorers page. There students can read biographies of Bancroft and Arnesen, learn what inspired them to become explorers, and discover a few of their favorite things. The free Curriculum materials that appear on the site include Polar Activities and Dare to Dream . The polar activities target a new subject each week, and past lessons are contained in the archive.
Lessons focus on the geography and geology of Antarctica.
The activities in Dare to Dream promote setting goals and achieving them. In Go the Distance , Bancroft and Arnesen challenge classes to ski, walk, canoe, bike, skate, or run as far as the explorers will ski and sail as they cross Antarctica. Vernuccio learned of the program through her position as a Girl Scout leader. Working with the school's computer and physical education teachers, Vernuccio, the lower school science specialist, created a special workshop about the expedition, which convenes before school. Many students signed up for the voluntary activity, open to boys and girls in the fourth grade.