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Meet Growing Up on Ice Team's Graduate Student Emma Weitzner Photo Credit: Emma Weitzner Name: Emma Weitzner Title: Graduate Student Where stare are you from? Cleveland, OH! What college(s) did you or do you attend? Duke university (BS) Cal Poly (MS) UNLV (current PhD student) *

As Weddell seals dive deeper and deeper under the sea ice, almost 2,000 feet deep, light conditions reach complete darkness. How do Weddell seals see under the sea ice to hunt for food? This is due to a special structure in their eyes named the tapetum lucidum. Have you ever seen your pet dog or

What Does Sea Ice Smell Like? "It smells like fall," I exclaimed to a friend recently. They agreed with joy. This summer has been so unusual here in Homer - hot, sunny, smoky. The smells have been different, unexpected. But after last week's rains, it smells refreshingly of fall. A beautiful

While working outside in Antarctica it is very important that everyone wears sunglasses and/or goggles to protect our eyes from a condition known as Snow Blindness. Snow blindness is caused by the high about of solar or light radiation reflecting off of the ice. The ice in Antarctica can reflect up

Meet Growing Up on Ice team's PolarTREC educator Bridget Ward (That's me!) Photo Credit: Sarah Allen Name: Bridget Ward Title: PolarTrec Educator What state are you from? Originally Ohio, but I grew up in Massachusetts. What college(s) did you or do you attend? Westfield State