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This lecture discusses factors that affect seawater density, a most important quantity with implications for ocean circulation and productivity.

Ever wonder why ice cubes float? I can tell you why ice floats in two words. Archimedes' Principle. Of course, Archimedes' Principle takes a bit more explaining. Let's make sense of it with science! This has been presented by Bayer Corporation's national education program, Making Science Make Sense.

This lecture discusses the seasonal cycle of the physics of the upper ocean at tropical, temperate, and polar latitudes.

This YouTube video lecture discusses the seasonal stratification and destratification of the world ocean, in other words, the formation of the seasonal thermocline!

A collection of eight videos focusing on the topic of climate change in the Arctic.

Videos are from the 2007 ARCSS Synthesis Workshop, the 2007 Arctic Forum, and the 2008 Arctic Forum.

This is an article from the University of Dayton UD Quickly on-line publication.

"I thought if I am a professional – an adult – and I was unaware of how unique and diverse the Arctic region is, my students must have the same misconceptions." - Chantelle Rose

This PolarConnect live event is a one hour presentation by PolarTREC teacher Michael League and the research team studying Adaptations of Marine Worms in Antarctica. The team covers field logistics, what they have found, and what the next step is in the scientific process.

Article on teacher Michael League's PolarTREC expedition to study marine worms in Antarctica.

One year after the launch of the International Polar Year (IPY) Education, Outreach and Communication (EOC) Assessment Project the task of inventorying and investigating the hundreds of IPY EOC programs that occurred during the IPY 2007-08 is now complete. Supported by APECS, IASC and SCAR, this ICSU funded project is the only global examination of what happened in outreach during

Article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's icebreaker-based expedition to collect some of the first winter information on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas.