Doing Antarctic research while watching and listening for volcanic rumblings seems farfetched, but it is reality for researchers from the United States, Spain, Britain, Argentina, and Chile stationed on Deception Island. The five countries work here under the Antarctic Treaty, which protects the area from over-use by humans. The treaty is no protection, however, from […]
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Polar News & Notes: Ruins of Antarctic Whaling Station Served as Research Site – Until the Volcano Blew
Friday, March 21st, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Polar News & Notes: Return to Penguin City
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 9:13 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
On Sunday, March 23, Animal Planet will air a 60 minute broadcast about the Adelie penguins of Antarctica and the challenges they face due to rapid climate change. Return to Penguin City will feature the work of scientists Grant Ballard and Viola Toniolo.
Animal Planet’s description of Return to Penguin City:
“Millions of Adelie penguins storm the […]
Posted in Topics: Animals, Antarctica, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Broadcasts
Polar News & Notes: Some See a Rush to Exploit Northwest Passage and Arctic Resources
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The consequences of global warming are often predicted in terms of washed-out coastal cities, displaced populations, and changed weather patterns, but only recently have some warned of armed conflict in the icy waters around the North Pole. A former U.S. Coast Guard commander writing in the March-April 2008 issue of Foreign Relations, says the ice […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Sun-Earth Day Celebrates Spring Equinox
Monday, March 17th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
March 20 is Sun-Earth Day 2008, an annual event scheduled on or near the date of the spring equinox. It is sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to engage K-12 schools and the public in space science activities and interactions with space scientists.
This year’s theme is Space Weather Around the World. […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Lesssons and activities, Polar News & Notes, Reading, Science, Technology, Upcoming Opportunities, social studies
Polar News & Notes: A Frozen Mountain in the Arctic Circle Is Safe Haven for the World’s Crops
Friday, March 14th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Circle, generally recognized as a barometer of climate change, recently became a safety net for the world’s food crops.
Inside a frozen mountain on the island of Svalbard, about 500 miles from the North Pole, the Global Crop Diversity Trust has opened a vault capable of holding tons of seeds in some 4.5 million […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: They Call Arctic Pliosaur ‘The Monster’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Ocean was once home to a 50-foot-long, dinosaur-era marine reptile. On February 26, Norwegian scientists reported that the fossil found on the archipelago of Svalbard is a new species and larger than the previous pliosaur record-holder found in Australia.
Paleontologist Joern Hurum said that a small car could fit in the reptile’s mouth, […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
Polar News & Notes: Mackey Wins Iditarod 36
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 1:27 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Lance Mackey, a musher from Fairbanks, won his second straight Iditarod on Wednesday morning, crossing the finish line in Nome at 2:46 a.m. Mackey’s team ran the 1150 mile race in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 48 seconds. The musher won both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod in 2007. He repeated the […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Teachers Onboard for Research in Polar Regions
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
When the USCGC Healy left Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on March 11, middle school science and technology teacher Craig Kasemodel began two weeks of research on late winter conditions in the Bering Sea. The Anchorage, Alaska, teacher will be working with Lee Cooper, chief scientist for several science cruises that will take place in 2008. The […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Education, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Science, Scientists in the field, Technology, Upcoming Broadcasts
Polar News & Notes: Polar Day Web Sites Offers Classroom Activities and More
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 8:06 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 is an International Polar Year Science Day, focusing on Changing Earth; Past, Present, and Future. It will focus on change over geological time, especially in terms of glaciers, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and climate variations. Celebrate the IPY Science Day by interacting with scientists conducting research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Live from IPY […]
Posted in Topics: Education, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Science, Technology, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Exploring the Arctic Seafloor
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 2:17 pm
Written by: Kimberly Lightle
Deep beneath Arctic ice and miles of sunless water lie what are may be the remotest places on earth: ranges of unexplored volcanic mountains more foreign than the surface of Mars. But recently, an international team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) set out to uncover the secrets of this Arctic sea floor. […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Opportunities
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