For six seasons, Richard Lee has included a K-12 teacher on his Antarctic research team to coordinate outreach to U.S. classrooms. These teachers have communicated with thousands of students and their teachers and planned authentic outreach activities to improve student performance. Program success depends on funding by the National Science Foundation, passionate leadership, and five components for launching a successful outreach initiative: recruiting and mobilizing support, introducing Antarctic researchers to students and community, communication using technology, purposefully planning interdisciplinary instruction, and using media and publications to extend the outreach. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)