 Hi, my name is Friedar Nandekrishnan. I'm an associate professor of Geosciences at Penn State University. Let me give you a short bio, a little bit of background about myself. I first went to Antarctica, gosh, almost 30 years ago in 1985. It was the first time I went down. I went down just as a worker on a project with some other folks that were studying these glaciers. I just went there to look around and to help out on the project. I was captivated by the really stark and uncompromising beauty of the continent and I decided I want to study this. Over the years I discovered that not only was it personally fulfilling because I was working in a beautiful place, but it was also important for the rest of the planet. What happens in Antarctica doesn't just stay in Antarctica. It actually comes out and affects the rest of us here. And I've enjoyed very much being a part of that search.