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Teacher Cara Pekarcik and researcher Dr. Bethany Jenkins discuss the science behind the expedition "Southern Ocean Diatoms" while aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

This informational webinar given on 19 September 2016, gives an overview of the PolarTREC program, its goals and objectives, program components, the application process, and will address frequently asked questions. Any specific questions submitted by teachers and researchers were addressed at the end of the presentation.

Teacher Nell Kemp and researcher Rebecca Hewitt discuss field work and research on the Deep Roots project. The research team is studying the matrix of soils, roots and fungal hyphae that may play a critical role in the trajectory of future climate change. This project is based out of Toolik Field Station and Healy, Alaska.

Teacher Karen Temple-Beamish discusses ongoing research on 'Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra' in Healy, Alaska.

Teacher Sandra Thornton discusses research and life aboard the USCGC Healy in the Chukchi Sea Borderland.

PolarConnect Event with teacher Stan Skotnicki and researcher Mike Loranty with the Vegetation Changes in Permafrost project. This event was live from Northeast Scientific Station in Russia.

PolarConnect Event with teacher DJ Kast and researchers Drs. Byron Crump and George Kling with the Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater 2016 project. This event was live from Toolik Field Station in Alaska.

Teacher Anne Schoeffler talks about field work and study sites as part of the PolarTREC expedition “Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic” based out of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

Teacher Kelly McCarthy and the Operation IceBridge Arctic team host a live event from Thule Air Base in Greenland.

PolarConnect event with Alex Eilers and the Ross Sea Weddell Seal Team discussing their 2016 work in Antarctica with Weddell seals.