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Antarctic

This resource relates to the research, science, peoplee, or expeditions in the Antarctic region.

Mapping A Photographic Investigation

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Excerpt: Organizing Questions: 1) Why is it important to collect large quantities of research data? 2) How can photographing a subject be similar to scientific observation? 3) How can one plot photographic data on a map? Introduction: This lesson was written for a Photography I course, to be taught in a...

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GuacScience: Density, Guacamole, and Mountain Building

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Excerpt: Antarctic educator, Mark Walsh, created this video for the PolarTREC 2013 spring online professional development course. This video uses the concept of Density to explore how mountains are built as well as how to throw a good Cinco de Mayo party at McMurdo Station Antarctica. He uses the Dr....

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See You as a Scientist! Research Adventures in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs)

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Excerpt: Overview: Students will use the TAMMNET project and accompanying PolarTREC resources to learn about seismology in the Antarctic, culminating in the creation of an annotated map using google maps. Objective: Students will understand the different ways mountain ranges are formed, and appreciate...

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2013 End of Season Webinar

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Date: 9 May 2013
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Excerpt: This 1.5 hour webinar is a culminating event for the 2012-13/cohort 6 PolarTREC teachers and researchers. Participants commented on the impact of their expedition on their teaching and research practices.

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Clean Air - Good For Us and Our Environment

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Excerpt: Overview In this lesson, students will play a fun board game that teaches about the sources and types of some air pollutants, and how they affect the health of both people and the environment. Students will learn that not all pollutants are greenhouse gases. This game can be a lead-in for a...

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Overture exhibit highlights Antarctic art from Monona Grove teacher, graduates

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Date: 26 April 2013
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Excerpt: Over three months in Antarctica, PolarTREC teacher Juan Botella took hundreds of pictures a day. He will now display many of those photos in an art exhibit entitled, "ArtArctic Science" at the Overture Center in Madison, WI. The exhibit includes not only Botella’s pictures but artwork by four...

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Brian DuBay and the use of multimedia of polar education

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Date: 24 April 2013
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Excerpt: This one hour webinar is for educatorson the use of video and social media tools to bring polar science into the classroom. PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay speaks in the context of his expedition to study the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica.

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Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica

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Date: 14 April 2014
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Excerpt: PolarTREC teacher Glenn clark is preparing for his 2013-14 expedition to Antarctica with researcher Amy Leventer.

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Dr. Samantha Hansen and the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains

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Date: 16 April 2013
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Excerpt: This one hour webinar is part of the online polar professional development course on physical science for educators. Dr. Hansen focuses on her research of the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountain in Antarctica.

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Discovering Antarctica - Geology

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Excerpt: What kind of rocks make up Antarctica? What geological processes are occurring today? What rock and mineral resources exist there? Learn more from this website. For a more generalized review of Antarctica you can also start here

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Geologic Information about Antarctica

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Excerpt: Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP) provides an overview of antarctic geologic information.

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The Polar Earth Observing Network (POLENET)

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Excerpt: POLENET (The Polar Earth Observing Network) is a global network dedicated to observing the polar regions in a changing world. The project is focused on collecting GPS and seismic data from autonomous systems deployed at remote sites spanning much of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. GPS and...

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TransAntarctic Mountains Seismic Experiment (TAMSEIS)

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Excerpt: This website is an overview of the TAMSEIS project addressing the questions of the Transantarctic Mountain origins and the structure of the East Antarctic craton.

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Introduction to the Transantarctic Mountains

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Excerpt: This website is an overview on the Transantarctic Mountains with information on geography, geology, mechanisms for formation, issues, and additional references.

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The Roof at the Bottom of the World

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Excerpt: The Roof at the Bottom of the World: Discovering the Transantarctic Mountains comprehensively documents the 1,500-mile length of the Transantarctic Mountains. It is the first atlas of the most remote mountain range on Earth. The presentation is historical, following a narrative of the voyages and...

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Map of Transantarctic Mountains

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Excerpt: The Transantarctic Mountains are an extreme example of rift flank uplift, extending over 3500 km across Antarctica and reaching elevations up to 4500 m (see map of the region). The mountain range was formed in the extensional environment associated with the breakup of Gondwanaland. Geological and...

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Geologic Structure at the Bottom of the World: Highlights of Antarctic Seismology

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Date: 3 March 2012
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Excerpt: A one hour webinar by Dr. Samantha Hansen on geology and seismology in Antarctica as part of a webinar series for IRIS Core Programs. (www.iris.edu)

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Ice Stories - Antarctic Geology

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Excerpt: Ice Stories is a project from the San Francisco Exploratorium as 'Dispatches from Polar Scientists' as an outreach effort from the 2007-08 International Polar Year. The Antarctic Geology focuses on mountains in East and West Antarctica. Be sure to check out the videos associated on the website "...

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NASA Begins New Season Of Arctic Ice Science Flights

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Date: 20 March 2013
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Excerpt: Press release about the launch of Operation IceBridge's 2013 season of research activity and science flights over Arctic ice sheets and sea ice. Operation Icebridge will undertake survey flights over land and sea ice in and around Greenland and the Arctic Ocean through early May in order to...

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Really Down South

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Date: 28 February 2013
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Excerpt: Article about earth science and environmental science teacher Mike LeBaron's expedition to Antarctica as part of the WISSARD project (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

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San Francisco teacher's polar trip explores cool science

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Date: 12 April 2013
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Excerpt: This San Francisco Examiner talks with the PolarTREC teacher Amber Lancaster in Antarctica and her marine biology students back in San Francisco and the impact of the experience on their lives.

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2013 Meet and Greet Webinar

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Date: 28 January 2013
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Excerpt: This one hour event introduces the 2013-14 PolarTREC teachers and researchers to the program and one another before orientation and the field season begins.

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Teacher Describes South Pole Work

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Date: 7 January 2013
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Excerpt: An article describing the work done by PolarTREC teacher, Liz Ratliff, during her trip to the South Pole with the IceCube/ARA projects.

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Helicopter flights in Antarctica

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Date: 1 December 2012
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Excerpt: Helicopter flights in Antarctica with annotations on specific geographic and geologic features.

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Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica

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Date: 6 December 2012
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Excerpt: Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica. This is the Italian Base where PolarTREC teacher Brian Dubay and his team continued their study of the Transantarctic Mountains.

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