Meet Growing Up on Ice team's PolarTREC educator Bridget Ward (That's me!)
Bridget Ward in Antarctica on Sea Ice
Photo Credit: Sarah Allen
Name: Bridget Ward
Title: PolarTrec Educator
What…
Meet the Growing Up on Ice team's principal investigator Heather Liwanag
Heather Liwanag in Observation Tube in Antarctica
Photo Credit: Heather Liwanag
Name: Heather Liwanag
Title: Assistant…
One of the focus questions for our team is: How do Weddell Seal pups stay warm?
Baby Weddell Seal playing in the snow
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We start working with the Weddell seal pups at 1 week old and continue to work with them until they are 7 weeks old. During this time we record data on weight, length, and girth every 2 weeks. We use…
Weddell seals can and stay underwater for up to 80 minutes. They could hypothetically watch the entire original Disney movie, The Jungle Book, while underwater. Since they clearly are not watching…
Take an up-close look at the Weddell seal below.
Weddell smiling close up whiskers
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Try to answer the following…
My Growing Up on Ice Research team members’ answers would be the following:
Heather Liwanag- Yes, milk and splenda.
Heather Harris- No, but she will have tea.
Emma Weitzner- Yes, Decaf, black.…
As I informed my students that I would be missing a week of school to attend orientation, they only had one question and one request
Question: Where am I going?
The answer: Fairbanks, AK! 4,157…
Being selected as an educator for the PolarTrec program has honestly been a mess of emotions. At first, I was insanely excited, being selected to go to Antarctica to study seals, AMAZING. But, as…
My bag packed with my PolarTREC and CalPoly gear along with my very special Antarctica travel tag.
Seat 27A that was where I was supposed to be on September 27th. Beginning my 21-hour journey from…
The second week of school and I already had an amazing guest come to meet my faculty, students, and their guardians; Dr. Heather Liwanag, head researcher from the team I will be joining in Antarctica…
Or at least that is the plan. When flying to Antarctica you can’t predict exactly when you will get there. The flight from Christchurch to McMurdo Station is never certain because of the harsh…
