The Austral summer of 2001 - 2002 was an exciting time for the Wash U - Caltech - Goddard collaboration.  The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) was launched from McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica on a Long-Duration Balloon.  After completing two circuits of the continent at about 118,000 feet, lasting nearly 32 days, TIGER brought back with it data on the elemental abundances of Galactic cosmic-ray nuclei heavier than iron, in the energy range of a few GeV per nucleon.  In doing so, TIGER has enabled us to get closer to understanding the elusive source of cosmic rays:  whether they are accelerated from the atmospheres of stars or from interstellar dust grains.