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Thursday, 29 March 2007 03:24
Recording changes in Arctic daylight
In the Windows Around the World program, we are using web cameras to collect visual images that are used as data. These images are stored in a database and can be used to see changes in day length through out the year in various places around the world. In the attached handout, I have created a matching excercise that lets students see the changes in Arctic day light and to practice using pie graphs. This worksheet is designed primarily for 4th-6th grades but it could be modified for older and younger students. If you wish to see other filmstrips, you can view them by going to the "Weather Archive" section of the site, located under the "Teachers' Resouces".
In a daily filmstrip,...
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Monday, 26 March 2007 23:24
Sneak preview of Ice Station Antarctica
A small but nevertheless very important piece of the puzzle in the study of climatic reconstruction of the early history of the earth is Sven Kretschmer's project with his working group from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven. His scientific instruments include the Schwerelot and the multicorer. During the whole of this expedition ANTXXIII/9, it is these drilling instruments that make the ocean floor core drilling project possible. The exact positioning is determined by parasounding equipment.
The concentration of thorium 230 in sediment is particularly interesting to geochemists. This radioactive element is a disintegration product, and in water it is extremely insoluble, so it binds immediately to single minerals or other organic particles. In this way, thorium ...
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Monday, 26 March 2007 21:42
Frozen Five Expedition starts this Thursday!
The Frozen Five expedition team will be attempting to make a complete crossing of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard from March to mid-June 2007. Our expedition team composes 5 young geoscientists (glaciology, geology, geophysics, biology, meteorology), aged 22-29 years, all with relevant Arctic experience from studying at least one year at the University of Svalbard.
The actual expedition starts on March 29 at 12:45 in Longyearbyen, the "capital" of Svalbard. The planned return date is June 14, to the same location. The route, measuring some 1,000 km, will be completed on skis using our own power. All our gear will be carried on special sledges, known as pulks. We will all pull our own sledge(s), weighing about 100 kg each. The route is divided into 5 stages, with a food...
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:09
Tasting the Life of the Polar Explorers – Part I - An Expedition to Northeastern Svalbard
I promised to write something for this blog from our field trips in Northeastern Svalbard. I have been terribly busy (and maybe little lazy in writing) with my project, so this piece comes little late. Anyway – it comes – and it is quite long. That’s why the whole story is published in three parts. I am planning to add one part a week to the blog, so you won't (maybe ;-) ) drown in the text. This piece is dedicated to all the friends, to other members of the project, and to everyone who is interested in the biological fieldwork in the High Arctic. I hope that you enjoy it.
Rijpfjorden is a one of the many fjords in Svalbard. It is located on the Northeastern isla...
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:37
Filming Early Career Scientists on the Ice
It may not show on this photo, but August 22nd in Antarctica was cold! I'm not in the picture here, because I'm taking it, but trust me, I was just as cold as everyone else. My crew and I had arrived two days prior on an NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grant to shoot a film for four months, and we were already hard at work. Cameraman Sylvestre Guidi, and sound man Richard Fleming are filming Dr. Jennifer Mercer from the University of Wyoming's Department of Atmospheric Science, and Wiesje Mooiweer, a graduate student who was part of Jennifer's field team. This was Jennifer's fifth season on the Ice - and her first as co-PI of the project, which has been measuring the ozone hole over the continent for 20 years. I set out to make this film to put a human face on the scien...
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Tuesday, 20 March 2007 22:14
The Arctic Arc expedition: education and science through adventure
Educational resources and activities
By following-up on the expedition's progress, teachers and their students will learn about various polar topics of importance.
All through the Arctic Arc expedition (from February to June 2007), teaching tools, multimedia animations, picture galleries, ...
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:15
The Arctic Arc expedition: education and science through adventure
Educational resources and activities
By following-up on the expedition's progress, teachers and their students will learn about various polar topics of importance.
All through the Arctic Arc expedition (from February to June 2007), teaching tools, multimedia animations, picture galleries, inte...
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Monday, 19 March 2007 20:00
Cape Farewell in Germany
Ian McEwan & John Schellnhuber - a Conversation about Climate Change
Moderator: David Buckland
22 March 2007, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
During March and April, Cape Farewell - in collaboration with the British Council - travels to the vast industrial space of Kampnagel Cultural Centre in Hamburg with Cape Farewell - Art and Climate Change, the exhibition developed in collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London in 2006. Climate change is the most serious challenge facing the world in the 21 st century and the British Council's focus on the issue in Germany reflects a commitment to addressing sharedglobal challenges together with European partners.
One of the highlights is a discussion between novelist Ian McEwan and Profes...
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Monday, 19 March 2007 18:05
Developing Polar Educational Resources
I have just been sent some amazing photos: IPY has certainly begun!
Baldvin Kristjánsson has just returned from the first of three expeditions in Greenland occurring 1 March - 10 May in 2006, 2007, 2008.
The Polar Bear project is an education project, where schools interact with a remote field team, through live broadcasts, interaction via website and internet meetings, using satellite and other field reporting technology. The students tell the field team what materials they need. The field team finds it with the ...
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Monday, 19 March 2007 17:56
Polar Bear Project
The Polar Bear project is an education project, where schools interact with a remote field team, through live broadcasts, interaction via website and internet meetings, using satellite and other field reporting technology.
The students tell the field team what materials they need. The field team finds it with the hunters, reindeer herders and their communities, using dog sleds, boats and snow scooters.
The raw material from the field, the interaction between students and field and the students final results are all stored on a central website.
This builds an open learning resource, directed by the needs of the students, with real, up-to-date material.
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