The PolarTREC newsroom provides basic program information to members of the media, and is a source to track the latest media coverage of PolarTREC.

Media use of PolarTREC Website Content and Photos:

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Media are welcome to use photos from teacher journals and photo galleries. We ask that you please credit each photo as follows: "Photo by 'X' (PolarTREC 2020 (i.e. year)), Courtesy of ARCUS".

Additional photos, graphics, videos, and presentations from the polar regions can be found online through the ARCUS Polar Media Archive.

Media seeking additional information about PolarTREC please contact:

PolarTREC Program Managers (info [at] polartrec.com)
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
3535 College Road, Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907-474-1600

Recent Media Coverage

PolarTREC is making news around the country! Click the articles below to check out recent news coverage. Visit us in the future to search all PolarTREC media coverage!

Newsroom Archives
Title Date Organization or Publication Related Members Expeditions
Busy Bacteria Leave Big Mark Science News for Students Lucy Coleman Microbialites In Lake Joyce Antarctica
Talbert Students Taking Virtual Arctic Trip Fountain Valley Patch Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra
Liverpool High School teacher Jeff Peneston honored by President Obama at White House Syracuse.com: The Post Standard Jeff Peneston, Tish Yager Oden Antarctic Expedition 08
Science teacher come polar researcher shares science with elementary students Rawlins Daily Times Glacial History in Antarctica
Centennial Middle School teacher Bill Schmoker heads to Arctic Ocean Boulder Daily Camera Bill Schmoker International Continental Shelf Survey
Out of the Refrigerator and Into the Freezer Rawlins Daily Times Lesley Urasky Glacial History in Antarctica
Effects of experimental warming of air, soil and permafrost on carbon balance in Alaskan tundra Global Change Biology (2011) Susan Natali, Ted Schuur Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2013
Ground-Breaking Radar Design
Arctic Methane and Warming Time Magazine
Physics teacher to spend month in Antarctica San Mateo Daily Journal IceCube In-Ice Antarctic Telescope
Belmont science teacher heads to South Pole San Francisco Chronicle IceCube In-Ice Antarctic Telescope
Determined Corning East teacher headed to Antarctica Star Gazette Michele Cross Antarctic Undersea ROV 09
Oh, the Places You'll Go Polar Field Services Newsletter: Field Notes Barney Peterson Polar Bear Response to Sea Ice Loss
South Lake teacher to explore Antarctica C and G News Lindsay Knippenberg Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice
Snow Business Arizona Engineer Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snowpack Interactions
Teacher Prepares for Antarctic Odyssey WXYZ Action News 7 Detriot Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice
Chadwicks native heads to Antarctica The Observer-Dispatch Antarctic Undersea ROV 09
Goals of the Students and Teachers Jennifer Thompson Greenland Education Tour 09
Radio Interview with PolarTREC Teachers Boise State Radio
EPA head kicks off volunteering effort in KC Kansas City Star Cresis Aerial Survey of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Global Warming Lessons From the Arctic abc News Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
In the Spotlight: Going exploring Tracy Press Mark McKay Summer Ice Free Conditions
Climate Has Changed Before Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (Finish Newspaper) Prehistoric Human Response to Climate Change
Keep America Beautiful Network News Keep America Beatiful Network News - Spring 2009 Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Teacher triumphs in Siberia Greensboro News & Record Geologic Climate Research in Siberia