We are delayed yet another 24 hours. Things looked promising when we left the CDC yesterday afternoon, but.... Here's the scoop as we know it. McMurdo is beyond capacity, so they have no place to put any of us. They have MANY individuals who need to go to other stations, but weather has not been
Marine debris is primarily human-created trash found floating in the ocean. It can cause serious health problems for animals in a marine ecosystem. Students will gain first hand knowledge about the types of garbage found in the ocean by participating in a waste clean up tally.
Objective
Students will collect marine debris or land-based garbage in order
Students will engage in a hands-on activity to build their own plankton nets and help them understand how scientists use the nets to study changes in the ocean ecosystem.
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of how scientists use plankton nets and microscopes to study changes in the ocean ecosystem.
Students are asked to predict what will happen to styrofoam objects lowered down to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Students make the appropriate calculations related to the actual experiment which took place on Maggie Prevenas' PolarTREC expedition.
Objective
Students will make hypotheses and calculations regarding deep sea experiments that took place in the Bering Sea on
Location: Lat: 73 40.564 N Long: 161 02.401 W Sunrise: 12:08 pm Sunset: 4:42 pm **** Today was the final day of the trip on the Polar Sea before we disembark tomorrow. We spent the last day and night traveling over 200 miles to reach the final location where there were three
This data plotting lesson compares different stratospheric ozone data collected at the South Pole in September 1969, September 1998, September 2008, January 1999, and January 2008. This ozone comparison activity allows students to make conclusions about the annual and seasonal ozone hole as well as overall ozone concentration changes over Antarctica. Students use authentic data collected at the
The Aleutian Islands, between Alaska and Siberia, have earned the name "Cradle of the Storms" due to their wild weather. Students will view a two-part series about the Aleutian islands and answer questions related to the film.
Objective
Students will learn about the Aleutian Island chain in Alaska and answer questions to reinforce learning.
After having been delayed a day...McMurdo has been beyond capacity due to not being able to get others to their final destinations...we finally had our appointment at the Clothing Distribution Center at the USAP facility. There are 28 of us scheduled for the flight tomorrow, so it was a small crowd
The one question that I have been asked the most is how do I stay warm in Antarctica? Yes... it is cold here and yes... I do get cold. The coldest time of the day is when I am in my sleeping bag at night and when I am doing watch duty at the tunnel. Probably the lowest temperature that I have seen
