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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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Permafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb

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Date: 28 February 2013
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Excerpt: The Yale Climate Forum released this YouTube video on Permafrost in 2013. The causes and effects of melting permafrost are explained and linked to larger phenomena. Visit the Yale Climate Forum Website to learn more.

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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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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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Plethora of Penguins

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Date: 2 December 2012
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Excerpt: Cape Washington Emperor Penguin Rookery. Once the team landed, what transpired over the next 45 minutes cannot be told but can only be shown. Check out this amazing view of the Emperor Penguins of Antarctica.

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Liz Ratliff heads to the South Pole

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Date: 21 November 2012
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Excerpt: This local TV interview is about PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff heading to South Pole Station, Antarctica to work with the IceCube project.

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Installing Seismic Stations on Glacial Ice

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Date: 26 November 2012
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Excerpt: Installing Seismic Stations on Glacial Ice with crevasses in Antarctica

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Current Interesting Things Around McMurdo

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Date: 25 November 2013
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Excerpt: PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay tours the Scott Hut and checks out some Weddell Seals and Antarctic Toothfish.

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TransAntarctic Scenery

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Excerpt: Flying through the Eisenhower Range, Priestley Glacier, and Mario Zuchelli

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Building and Installing Seismometers

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Date: 20 November 2012
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Excerpt: Dr. Samantha Hansen and the team building and installing seismometers in Antarctica.

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TAMNNET Team Introduction

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Date: 11 November 2012
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Excerpt: Introductions to Dr. Hansen's TAMNNET Team working on seismology and tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains.

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Barrow Canyon Biodiversity Ocean Seafloor

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Date: 18 May 2012 - 24 May 2012
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Excerpt: This video of the seafloor in Barrow Canyon, off the coast of Alaska is to accompany the presentation, 'The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic' by Jacqueline Grebmeier, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop.

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Bowhead Whale Calls

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Date: 18 May 2012 - 24 May 2012
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Excerpt: This audio recording of bowhead whale calls was featured in a presentation by Stephen Okkonen at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska.

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Divers under the Arctic Sea Ice

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Date: 18 May 2012 - 24 May 2012
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Excerpt: This video shows divers investigating microscopic life forms living under the arctic sea ice. The video accompanies a presentation given by researcher Rolf Gradinger at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska.

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Polar bear explores nesting box on Cooper Island, Alaska

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Excerpt: This video is to accompany the presentation, Shifting Prey in a Melting Arctic, by George Divoky, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop.

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Polar bear at cabin on Cooper Island, Alaska

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Excerpt: This video is to accompany the presentation, Shifting Prey in a Melting Arctic, by George Divoky, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop.

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Weddel Seal Movements

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Excerpt: Provided by Dr. Jennifer Burns and and graduate student Kim Goetz. This timelapse video depicts the movement of Weddell Seals of a 12 month period.

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PolarConnect: Public Event with Nick LaFave and the Predatory Spiders Expedition

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Excerpt: In this one hour webinar, PolarTREC teacher Nick LaFave conducts live event for students and the public on his work at Toolik Field Station studying Predatory Spiders with researcher Amanda Koltz.

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Arctic Ground Squirrels with Michael Sheriff

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Excerpt: In the field with Michael Sheriff of the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Tagging squirrels near the Atigun River, North Slope, Alaska. Video by Nick LaFave.

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PolarConnect: Professional Development with Nick LaFave and the Predatory Spider Expedition

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Excerpt: In this one hour webinar, PolarTREC teacher Nick LaFave conducts professional development for teachers on his work at Toolik Field Station studying Predatory Spiders with researcher Amanda Koltz.

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Flying over the Tundra

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Excerpt: Giving a sense of how vast and open this treeless landscape is from a helicopter. Video by Nick LaFave

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Fish Pre-Op

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Excerpt: Fish Pre-Op: Anesthetizing Fish with the FishScape Project. Video by Nick LaFave. To learn more visit: www.polartrec.com

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Toolik Ice Melt

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Excerpt: Watch the ice melt on Toolik Lake, Alaska. June 7-16, 2012

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Packing for the Arctic in Less Than 30 Seconds

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Excerpt: Packing for my PolarTREC Expedition

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An Arctic Expedition As Explained by a 2 1/2 year old.

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Excerpt: My daughter explains my PoalrTREC expedition (sort of)

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