GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist and her five parrots are currently relocating to Germany, where she will continue writing her blog while also writing a book and learning German. (Meanwhile, her parrots will continue to nibble on her extensive personal library.) If you appreciate GrrlScientist's writing, you can help pay her living expenses by hiring her to "blog" your conference, speak at your club or write articles for your publication (or by clicking on the Paypal button below). If you read an essay on this blog that you especially enjoyed, please nominate it for inclusion in 
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 683 - 557 - 266 - 234 - 233 out of 210 candidates registered. I am in second place.
If you've already voted, then please encourage your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for the person whom you think would be best for this unique job: traveling to Antarctica for the month of February 2010 and writing about it for the public on a blog. Here is my 300-word essay. Voting ends 30 September and there is one vote allowed per valid email address (registration required).
Of course, the gap is widening, no thanks to the site itself, since it is rejecting many votes that are in support of me, according to the many complaints I receive daily. (My supporters have also told me that they've complained about these technical issues to the Antarctic webmaster -- who ignores them). If the Antarctic cruise site is actively encouraging multiple votes from individuals with multiple email addresses, then why would they not accept votes from those people who support me who only have one email address? Something smells really bad here, and it's not a dead polar bear, either.
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I have NOT been allowed to vote!!! My emails have been ignored also.
Posted by: J-Dog | July 3, 2009 10:06 AM
Done... good luck.
Posted by: BAllanJ | July 3, 2009 11:50 AM
BTW, if you get to go, make sure to take a bunch of those book that were recommended to you last week on your blog. You can't spend ALL your time blogging can you?
Posted by: BAllanJ | July 3, 2009 11:58 AM
I was able to register and vote for you without any problems.
Good luck!
Posted by: Barn Owl | July 3, 2009 3:28 PM