Tom Vinson

Tom Vinson -- Antarctic Station Manager & Master's StudentDistance learning takes on new meaning when you're studying at the South Pole, and your school is in Denver.Learn how Tom Vinson, station manager at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, makes it work.
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Tom Vinson, Antarctic Station Manager & Master's Student
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Tom Vinson, 39
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Working, living and learning at McMurdo Station, Antarctica -- 834 nautical miles north of the South Pole -- Tom Vinson gives new meaning to distance learning.

Tom Vinson studying -- and workingVinson, a hazardous waste management and wilderness rescue specialist, works for Raytheon Polar Services Company, which provides services to the National Science Foundation.He is also a student in the University of Denver's Master of Environmental Policy and Management program online.Raytheon offers tuition reimbursement; Vinson's degree will cost about $17,400.

Vinson talked about remote learning on the eve of the season's final sunset; at McMurdo, winter means 24 hours of darkness each day.Vinson and his team won't see another sunrise until August 19.

MonsterLearning: How did you end up in Antarctica?

Tom Vinson: Growing up in Seattle, I've always been into the outdoors.I was out of college, building trails in the woods, being a bum.My mother heard about the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and saw a future for me in hazardous waste management.She was right.

Tom Vinson -- Antarctic Station Manager & Master's StudentDistance learning takes on new meaning when you're studying at the South Pole, and your school is in Denver.Learn how Tom Vinson, station manager at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, makes it work.
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Tom Vinson, Antarctic Station Manager & Master's Student
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Tom Vinson, 39
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Working, living and learning at McMurdo Station, Antarctica -- 834 nautical miles north of the South Pole -- Tom Vinson gives new meaning to distance learning.

Tom Vinson studying -- and workingVinson, a hazardous waste management and wilderness rescue specialist, works for Raytheon Polar Services Company, which provides services to the National Science Foundation.He is also a student in the University of Denver's Master of Environmental Policy and Management program online.Raytheon offers tuition reimbursement; Vinson's degree will cost about $17,400.

Vinson talked about remote learning on the eve of the season's final sunset; at McMurdo, winter means 24 hours of darkness each day.Vinson and his team won't see another sunrise until August 19.

MonsterLearning: How did you end up in Antarctica?

Tom Vinson: Growing up in Seattle, I've always been into the outdoors.I was out of college, building trails in the woods, being a bum.My mother heard about the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and saw a future for me in hazardous waste management.She was right.

Tom Vinson -- Antarctic Station Manager & Master's StudentDistance learning takes on new meaning when you're studying at the South Pole, and your school is in Denver.Learn how Tom Vinson, station manager at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, makes it work.
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Tom Vinson, Antarctic Station Manager & Master's Student
...
Tom Vinson, 39
...
Working, living and learning at McMurdo Station, Antarctica -- 834 nautical miles north of the South Pole -- Tom Vinson gives new meaning to distance learning.

Tom Vinson studying -- and workingVinson, a hazardous waste management and wilderness rescue specialist, works for Raytheon Polar Services Company, which provides services to the National Science Foundation.He is also a student in the University of Denver's Master of Environmental Policy and Management program online.Raytheon offers tuition reimbursement; Vinson's degree will cost about $17,400.

Vinson talked about remote learning on the eve of the season's final sunset; at McMurdo, winter means 24 hours of darkness each day.Vinson and his team won't see another sunrise until August 19.

MonsterLearning: How did you end up in Antarctica?

Tom Vinson: Growing up in Seattle, I've always been into the outdoors.I was out of college, building trails in the woods, being a bum.My mother heard about the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and saw a future for me in hazardous waste management.She was right.