Comments on: Sea Ice Retreating in the Arctic Leading to Open Waters /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497 This blog is focused on helping elementary teachers become more knowledgeable about the polar regions and providing best practices on how to integrate polar concepts into their teaching. Ideas for connecting science and literacy through literature and writing, exemplary science activities, incredible pictures, tales of adventure, and stories of indigenous people and amazing animals will be part of each posting. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: » Polar News and Notes: October 2008 News Roundup » Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1090 » Polar News and Notes: October 2008 News Roundup » Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:37:27 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1090 [...] in its annual freeze-up period, closing the Northeast and Northwest passages. Both passages were open at the same time for the first time since satellite measurements began. The German research vessel [...] […] in its annual freeze-up period, closing the Northeast and Northwest passages. Both passages were open at the same time for the first time since satellite measurements began. The German research vessel […]

]]> By: Robert Payo /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1089 Robert Payo Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:33:41 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1089 Yes, thank you for the clarification. On a side note, I saw a kiosk today at the Denver International Airport that focuses on a study using time lapsed photography of glaciers across the globe and their patterns of retreating and thinning: http://extremeicesurvey.org/ Yes, thank you for the clarification.

On a side note, I saw a kiosk today at the Denver International Airport that focuses on a study using time lapsed photography of glaciers across the globe and their patterns of retreating and thinning: http://extremeicesurvey.org/

]]> By: » Polar News & Notes: September 2008 News Roundup » Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1088 » Polar News & Notes: September 2008 News Roundup » Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:02:51 +0000 /websites/expertvoices/archives/1497#comment-1088 [...] This was also the first year in which the Northwest Passage and the Northeast Passage were both ice free. In addition, Arctic sea ice is becoming younger and thinner and thus more susceptible to melting. [...] […] This was also the first year in which the Northwest Passage and the Northeast Passage were both ice free. In addition, Arctic sea ice is becoming younger and thinner and thus more susceptible to melting. […]

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