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2019 Expeditions

Welcome to the Virtual Base Camp, the starting point for your exploration of the polar regions with PolarTREC teachers and researchers!

Newsroom

The PolarTREC newsroom provides basic program information to members of the media, and is a source to track the latest media coverage of PolarTREC.

Archived Events

If you were unable to participate in a live event, you can access an archive of the entire presentation as a YouTube video and download the PDF presentation from each event.

Five Weeks Since Orientation ###So much to do! My PQ paperwork arrived today! WOW! This huge packet will get me Physically Qualified to go to Antarctica. It is pages and pages of medical questions, lab work, and tests to have done. Even my dentist needs to give me the green light to go. Our

11 May 2019 Frozen Fuel of Climate Change

Journal Entry

Frozen Fuel of Climate Change Austin, Texas May 11, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * Take a brief look into recent research on climate science, and you’ll find countless positive feedback mechanisms that serve to intensify the effects of global warming in the Arctic. This makes

10 May 2019 And we have another Float Boat recovery!

Journal Entry

Hey Crew- more great news from our 2015 trip to the North Pole and back! Another little wooden float boat that we deployed atop the Arctic ice pack on our way back from the pole has been recovered. (Here's the story of the float boat project: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces

STEM Experience Report - Kevin Dickerson

PolarTREC Field Experience

My PolarTREC expedition to the Dry Valleys of Antarctica was an experience of a lifetime. Notice I did not use the word “trip” of a lifetime. This was far more than a trip. It was an experience that is a life-changer. It has been a life-changer for myself, my students, my family, other educators, and other folks

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Antarctic

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Exploring 3D Geology

Overview

As technology advances, the way in which geologists study the Earth also advances. Some of these new technologies also make it possible to bring aspects of the field into the classroom. This opens up opportunities for broader audiences to explore a wider range of geologic structures and localities. Structure from motion (SfM) is one of these technologies that is

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Arctic

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22 April 2019 Earth Day

Journal Entry

Earth Day --- Happy Earth Day! Melting permafrost, ocean acidification and deforestation threaten our planet. Do you ever feel like the earth is in danger and there is nothing you can do to help? Well, there are things you can do today to help slow down these detrimental changes impacting our one

19 April 2019 Closer Look: Permafrost

Journal Entry

Closer Look: Permafrost Austin, Texas April 19, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * A central focus of the work I'll be assisting with in June concerns permafrost. What is this stuff, anyway? In consulting a variety of resources over the past week, I realized I had a lot to learn

2019 Expeditions

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PolarConnect Archives

Archived Events

12 May 2019 Time is Flying By

Five Weeks Since Orientation ###So much to do! My PQ paperwork arrived today! WOW! This huge packet will get me Physically Qualified to go to Antarctica. It is pages and pages of medical questions, lab work, and tests to have done. Even my dentist needs to give me the green light to go. Our

11 May 2019 Frozen Fuel of Climate Change

Frozen Fuel of Climate Change Austin, Texas May 11, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * Take a brief look into recent research on climate science, and you’ll find countless positive feedback mechanisms that serve to intensify the effects of global warming in the Arctic. This makes

10 May 2019 And we have another Float Boat recovery!

STEM Experience Report - Kevin Dickerson

PolarTREC Field Experience

Exploring 3D Geology

Overview

22 April 2019 Earth Day

19 April 2019 Closer Look: Permafrost

Closer Look: Permafrost Austin, Texas April 19, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * A central focus of the work I'll be assisting with in June concerns permafrost. What is this stuff, anyway? In consulting a variety of resources over the past week, I realized I had a lot to learn

Archived Events

Five Weeks Since Orientation ###So much to do! My PQ paperwork arrived today! WOW! This huge packet will get me Physically Qualified to go to Antarctica. It is pages and pages of medical questions, lab work, and tests to have done. Even my dentist needs to give me the green light to go. Our

Frozen Fuel of Climate Change Austin, Texas May 11, 2019 *** ####Photo of the Day: *** Take a brief look into recent research on climate science, and you’ll find countless positive feedback mechanisms that serve to intensify the effects of global warming in the Arctic. This makes

PolarTREC Field Experience

Overview

Closer Look: Permafrost Austin, Texas April 19, 2019 *** ####Photo of the Day: *** A central focus of the work I'll be assisting with in June concerns permafrost. What is this stuff, anyway? In consulting a variety of resources over the past week, I realized I had a lot to learn

Frozen Fuel of Climate Change Austin, Texas May 11, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * Take a brief look into recent research on climate science, and you’ll find countless positive feedback mechanisms that serve to intensify the effects of global warming in the Arctic. This makes

Closer Look: Permafrost Austin, Texas April 19, 2019 * ####Photo of the Day: * A central focus of the work I'll be assisting with in June concerns permafrost. What is this stuff, anyway? In consulting a variety of resources over the past week, I realized I had a lot to learn