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10 April 2016 The Road To Thule

NOAA P3 Miss Piggy in Tampa, Fl after a NOAA-NASA test flight.

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Schedule Updates The time is near, everyone! In T-Minus ten days I will be on a 6 hour flight via military rotator to Thule Air Force Base to begin my first leg of the Operation IceBridge Arctic expedition. A bit has changed since my last post in terms of schedule so I will give you a quick

7 April 2016 Polar Prep

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What Does It Take to Prepare for the Arctic? If you've never traveled north of the Arctic circle, or to Antarctica, you might be wondering what kind of preparation is required to get ready for such an expedition. Back in February, I attended a week-long PolarTREC orientation with the 14 other

Cheektowaga Central Middle School teacher headed to Siberia for research project

Newspaper article in the City & Region section of the Buffalo News highlighting Stan Skotnicki's trip to Siberia this summer as a middle school teacher through the PolarTREC program.

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7 April 2016 Educator and Researcher Unite!

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Just a Stone’s Throw Away When researchers request PolarTREC teacher applications, I imagine that they are looking for personalities that will work with their research group; hard-working, enthusiastic individuals; and other qualities that allow the researchers and the teacher to work in harmony

NewsCheck: Washington-Lee Teacher to Embark on Polar Research Experience

Kate Miller's expedition is featured in the Arlington Public Schools' publication "NewsCheck." This newsletter is emailed to teachers and available on the main website.

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12 February 2016 Resource Management in Alaska

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Resource Management in Alaska Alaska is unique! Because it so much farther north than the Lower 48 states, it has different biomes and different resources. We PolarTREC teachers were lucky enough to visit the Permafrost Tunnel, and we also took a side trip to see the Trans Alaska oil pipeline.

APS Teacher to Go on Antarctic Expedition

ARLnow publishes a press release of Kate's South Pole expedition.

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23 March 2016 Susan B. Anthony Classroom Visit

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Polar Outreach- Susan B. Anthony Classroom Visit I went and visited Susan B. Anthony Elementary school to speak as a Polar Scientist. I spoke to Ms. Shamblin's Pre-K class and Ms. Walasek's third grade class. Students were taught about Arctic science and polar adaptations like blubber and each of

22 March 2016 Expedition Update

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Recent Activity Thank you for subscribing to our expedition page. We plan on journaling more frequently as we get closer to our departure date in June and post reports from the field 4 to 5 times during the week while in Siberia. Upon returning from orientation in February, I went right to work

19 March 2016 Presentation Practice Makes Perfect

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What Exactly Are You Doing? This past week, I had the opportunity to speak to my colleagues at North Quincy High School about my upcoming trip to Antarctica. This ‘teaser’ presentation was my first public talk about PolarTREC, the expedition and the educational value of such a trip. Prior to this