Local news interviews PolarTREC teacher Nell Herrmann about her expedition to Palmer Station, Antarctica. The take a visit to her classroom as well. Video and written article are included.
It’s another windy day, which makes travel by zodiac difficult. I was lucky this morning to get an opportunity to do a quick water sampling run with Travis Miles and Nikhil Murgai. We traveled out to a spot called Station B in “Bruiser,” a zodiac that is slightly bigger than the one used by the
PolarTREC teacher Juan Botella is interview by a local news station about his work on the NB Palmer. Juan discusses ocean circulation and changes affecting marine organisms. Video and article included.
Share in the excitement of unearthing a biface and other archaeological treasures, as Alaskan researchers explain how they discover and document early human settlement sites across arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com/), the University of Alaska Fairbanks' portal for sharing the Arctic's newest discoveries.
Travel back in time as scientists and PolarTREC teacher Karl Horeis take you out to their dig sites to uncover hidden clues about early human settlement in arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com/), the University of Alaska Fairbanks' portal for sharing the Arctic's newest discoveries.
Today I visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland and met members of the IceBridge team including lead scientist Michael Studinger, Education and Public Outreach officer George Hale, and Media Specialist Jefferson Beck. We had a lengthy discussion about the upcoming mission in
Entering the Wardrobe! Nineteen educators and ARCUS staff disappeared into the ice encrusted, impossibly tiny red hut tucked against the hill. Following at the end of the line I watched as everyone streamed in, seeming to go impossibly beyond the actual depth of the building's outside dimensions
Today involved time in Bio Lab and Terra Lab. I spent the afternoon with Neal Scheibe, a Research Associate at Palmer Station, who is responsible for maintaining all of the equipment in Terra Lab. The word “terra” is Latin for Earth; Terra Lab houses all the instruments used for long-term projects
