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Article from the Arizona Daily Star highlighting Betsy Wilkening's PolarTREC expedition to Barrow, Alaska.

News article from the News & Record informing the public on Tim Martin's trip to Siberia with PolarTREC.

How did you become interested in studying chemical oceanography, and how did you get your current job?

Calvin grew up in Kansas. While in college he saw a flyer for a summer class doing chemical oceanography. That is all it took, and he was hooked! This experience then inspired him to go to graduate school in chemical oceanography.

To get

What is your advice for students interested in a career in marine science?

If a student was interested in working with krill, or in the ocean they would need to:

• get an undergraduate degree in a biological science (Tracy has a degree in zoology);
• then obtain a masters degree in a marine science;
• volunteer work helps (As a student, Tracy

Los Angeles Times article highlights PolarTREC teacher, Elizabeth Eubanks preparations for her PolarTREC research experience in the arctic tundra of Barrow, Alaska.

Charles County Public Schools teacher, Deanna Wheeler will spend 21 days on he USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the PolarTREC program.

This article in the Polar Field Services "Field Notes" newsletter explains some of the fascinating science taking place in the spring of 2009 in northeastern Russia. It also highlights the logistical challenges with living and working in remote Russia.

Welcome to Classroom Antarctica - a comprehensive online teaching resource produced by the Australian Antarctic Division. It is particularly aimed at grades 5 to 8. This is a great resource that includes many lesson plans and activities focusing on Antarctica.

About this time next year, Casey O'Hara, Carlmont High School physics teacher, will experience extreme subzero temperatures, 24 hours of intense sunlight and 10,000 feet of elevation. He'll travel to desolate Antarctica as a member of the largest research project of its kind - the construction of IceCube, the world's biggest telescope for detecting subatomic particles.

.mp3 file of National Geographic Weekend Radio program, hosted by Boyd Matson. Interview with Casey O'Hara about his upcoming trip to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole