An Arctic expedition

Article covering Mary Anne Pella-Donnelly's PolarTREC expedition.

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Bellaire Teacher to Join Texas A and M Research Team in Antarctica

Article covering Ann Linsley's PolarTREC expedition.

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MEVO - Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory

This site provides access to ongoing integrated geological, geochemical, and geophysical research on the volcano, Mt. Erebus in Antarctica. It is our goal to provide as much information as possible about all things Erebus. However, this site is also designed not to be overwhelmingly technical, and thus to be useful and interesting to both the general public and to the

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17 January 2008 Farming- McMurdo Style

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Local Posting Day and Time 1-17-08 10:30PM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 1-17-08 3:30AM McMurdo Weather Temperature- 37F Wind Direction- Southeast Wind Speed- 13MPH Wind Chill 32F Answer to Yesterday’s WATIZIT Congratulations to Grant and to Erika!!!!! They both knew that it is the New

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16 January 2008 WATIZIT

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Answer to Yesterday’s WATIZIT Congratulations to a lot of you for knowing that the picture was of the Twin Otter's ski. Today’s WATIZIT Picture Which country's flag is flying at half mast and how come. (Hint: I took this photo last week.)

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16 January 2008 Webinar Remains

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Here are a few follow up items to today's webinar... George mentioned the Mt. Erebus website. Besides a lot of information about the volcano, there is also a live webcam on the summit. The website is... http://erebus.nmt.edu Someone asked about the Oden and the channel it is making. I took this

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Antarctic Weather Stations

Kirk Beckendorf, along with researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison are based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and traveling around the continent maintaining automatic weather stations. About 300 students from about 13 states joined the event.

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15 January 2008 Yes we are, No we’re not, Yes we are.

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Local Posting Day and Time- Central Standard Posting Day and Time- McMurdo Weather Temperature- 34F Wind Direction- South Wind Speed- 15 MPH WindChill- 23F Answer to Yesterday’s WATIZIT Congratulations to Mrs. Robert's classes for knowing that the Mt Erebus is an active volcano!!!! Today’s WATIZIT

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13 January 2008 Antarctic Reflection

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As 2007 ends, I am reflecting back on this entire year as well as my experience in Antarctica. And I realize that Antarctica has permeated much of this year. It was this time, one year ago, that I completed and submitted my PolarTREC application to ARCUS. Then in early March I interviewed with Stacy

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12 January 2008 It Takes a School

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Before I left for Antarctica, Stacy sent me a diagram of a photo frame that Bob had designed for an underwater student experiment. My students looked for ways to improve the frame design, and then I picked up donated supplies from our local Home Depot. I e-mailed one of my past students who is a

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