On the surface, our ties to exploration take an obvious form. The over-riding structure of our project, the Mt. Baldy Expedition, is that of a journey. We are building a 12-foot wooden sailing dinghy that we will sail from Chicago to Mt. Baldy, a sand dune in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. In addition to this, we have been performing lectures and workshops to share our discoveries with the world. more...