Summer is almost over, and I finally realized that I hadn't take time to "play"...to rejuvenate for the upcoming school year and the adventure ahead. My schedule has been rather crazy and hectic since last March when I was asked if I was still interested in and wanting to go Antarctica. (Heck yeah
Location: Lat: 76 09.850 N Long: 171 43.704 W Sunrise: 10:36 am** Sunset**: 7:36 pm ****Although I love the Polar Sea, it is nice to spend some time outside in the fresh air. So, I decided to tag along with the sea ice team from University of Fairbanks, Alaska. The team is made of
This Live from IPY! event was part of the International Polar Week in October 2009. The theme of the week was was 'What happens at the poles affects us all'. This live event was held with PolarTREC teacher Cristina Galvan and the University of Wyoming polar bear research team on 8 October 2009. They were working on the USCGC Polar
Location: Lat: 76 33.815 Long: 169 55.191 Sunrise: 10:23 am Sunset: 7: 21 pm ****Sorry for the short entry tonight, but I need to get to bed early to get up early for our Polar Week live event tomorrow morning at 7:30 Alaska time! I loved all the guesses about yesterdays sound of
Video journal, interviews of IceCube personnel. Filmed in August 09 at the Physical Sciences Lab of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I think the video speaks for itself! http://
My day began in Detroit at 1:30 pm EST on Monday with my first flight to Chicago. My day ended in Christchurch, New Zealand at 1:30 pm Christchurch time on Wednesday. Where did the time go???
Location: Lat: 77 16.696 N Long: 167 15.889 W Sunrise: 10:09 am Sunset: 7:23 pm ****Jump to Audio Today we could not fly to look for any bears because of the bad weather. I decided to take advantage of this time to work on preparations for the Live event this Thursday at 8:30 PST
This lesson answers the question: How does ice floating on the ocean act as it melts?
Objective
* Students will learn about temperature, salinity and their effect on density.
* Students will learn that ocean currents are caused by differences in densities as a result of temperature and salinity. These differences allow ocean currents to circulate water
Location: ** Lat**: 77 22.101 N Long: 167 05.09 W Sunrise: 9:57 am Sunset: 7:25 pm ****Today was a good day. We began as normal - a flight brief on the bridge. We traveled yesterday afternoon back to the location we were at a couple of days ago - where the ice was thicker and we had
In this activity students learn about varves, annual sediment layers found in lakes. Students will analyze authentic varve data from New England in order to correlate data from three different geographic locations .
Objective
Students will analyze authentic varve sediment data and create a graph of varve thickness. Students will use their results to make inferences about
