Plan and run a family fun afternoon or evening with several hands-on activities. Students help run the activity stations and share what they have learned about the Polar Regions. A great culminating activity for a unit on the Arctic, Antarctica, or both, and a fun way to involve families in the learning experience.
This is part 2 of Professor Sarah Hardy's presentation on Marine Life Science in the Arctic and Antarctic. The event is part of the Fall 2011 CISE course and co-sponsored by COSEE-Alaska.
This is part 1 of Professor Sarah Hardy's presentation on Marine Life Science in the Arctic and Antarctic. The event is part of the Fall 2011 CISE course and co-sponsored by COSEE-Alaska.
The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, following a race with the English explorer Robert Scott. Scott made it to the South Pole shortly after Amundsen but he and his four companions all died on the return journey.
They are not boots made from rabbit fur! Bunny Boots is the widely-used nickname for the Extreme Cold Vapor Barrier Boots, originally developed for the US military. The boots have become staple cold weather gear both in work and recreational environments in the Polar Regions. The nickname comes from the fact that the fur of the snowshoe hare, commonly found
Yes, there are southern lights. The aurora australis occurs around the southern magnetic pole, much as the aurora borealis (northern lights) occurs around the northern magnetic pole. Unlike the northern lights, which are seen across northern North America, Europe and Asia where a few million people live, the southern lights are seen only over Antarctica, where fewer people spend the
If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, an event that would take thousands of years to occur, the world's oceans would rise by approximately 200 feet (60 meters).
Ice fish are a unique group of fish found in Antarctica. Ice fish have evolved a variety of interesting physiological and biochemical adaptations that allow them to survive in the freezing, ice-laden waters of the Southern Ocean at temperatures that would freeze the blood of other fish. They do not have a swim bladder, and they spend much of their
