Susan Eaton (on left) at 63˚24’0” S, 56˚59’0” W near Argentina’s Base Esperanza, Hope Bay, on the West Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, as Adelie penguins line up to examine the Ammonite banner.

Ammonite’s Senior Geoscience Consultant, Calgary-based Susan Eaton, is also the firm’s “Arctic Explorer-in-Residence”.  Susan participated in the American Geological Society’s Expedition to South Georgia and Antarctica December 29, 2012 – January 19, 2013.  This was her third trip to Antarctica. One hundred intrepid explorers from 15 nations — fifty percent of the group was female — explored the Southern Ocean aboard the MV Akademik Ioffee, a 117-meter-long, Russian ice-strengthened vessel. During the expedition, Susan reported that they  experienced numerous Serengeti moments, witnessing some of the largest concentrations of wildlife on the planet. Organized around the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) 125th anniversary, the expedition featured a world-renowned group of earth science professors from the Jackson School of Geosciences, Stanford University, Pennsylvania State and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Led by Dr. Ian Dalziel, professor of geological sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences (University of Texas at Austin), the expedition focused on the interplay between geology, geophysics, glaciology, plate tectonics, climate and life. The AAPG Foundation was a sponsor of Susan’s expedition, and her account of the trip is the cover story of the September 2013 edition of the AAPG Explorer magazine. Ammonite Resources was also one of Susan’s sponsors.