Polar Date 6/24/08 Today when I awoke I thought I can now say, "Today I leave.” I’m struggling with anxiousness, anticipation and the fact that I’m not ready to go. I have a lot of little details to attend to – here’s my list: 1. Buy last minute things for the trip, although I’m sure I’ll forget
June 24, 2008 – Tuesday – Traverse Ever so slowly they crept into view on the edge of the horizon. They have been making history for 33 days now… at 5 miles per hour……Queue dramatic music… ***Four men, a "Tucker” snow groomer and a CASE tractor, set out from Thule on the west coast of
*There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they
*** But I say... I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.*** *** Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be, must be. Every day the bucket goes to well but one day the bottom will drop out, yes, one day the bottom will drop out.*** **
I travelled to the University of Kansas a few weeks after the PolarTREC orientation and met the researchers at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) who are sponsoring my trip to Antarctica. The University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas, a very picturesque college town with
June 23, 2008 – Monday – Summit Staff It has been about 20 days since the last Air Force cargo plane flew out of Summit. In the next three days we are expecting three flights! You know what they say, when it rains…it pours! A few of the Summit Camp staffers are leaving us tomorrow on the first
This short video, created by the Palm Beach Post in May 2008, is about the Dwyer Award winning teacher Elizabeth Eubanks. Elizabeth is a 2008 PolarTREC teacher in Barrow, Alaska, and this film highlights some of her many accomplishments. This video is 3 minutes and 10 seconds and may only be shown for educational purposes.
Online version of the front page article from the Palm Beach Post, highlighting the work of Florida International University researcher, Steve Oberbauer and PolarTREC Teacher, Elizabeth Eubanks who are working in Barrow, Alaska.
Students will take some time and look at the PolarTREC website journals, pictures, and forums to learn about a certain teacher, researcher, or polar science expedition that has already taken place or is currently taking place. Students will use the attached worksheet to think more deeply about a polar researcher's job and work.
Students will independently explore the PolarTREC expeditions, and reflect on the scientific questions, discoveries, and outcomes of the work that is or has been done.
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Students will visit the PolarTREC website at www.polartrec.com, where they will find a teacher who is in the field presently, or was already in the field. You may select one expedition
