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Saturday, 20 January 2007 12:31
A friend acting strangely
Nobody appreciates the impact of Arctic change more than the people who live there. A unique feature of this IPY is a focus on understanding how people observe and respond to change. People are not passive observers but integral parts of the Arctic system.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC recently ended an exhibition that put a human face on the warming of the Arctic. A new web site incorporates images and information from that exhibition -- Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center also distributes a multimedia product, ...
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Saturday, 20 January 2007 00:01
IPY Posters
Want to display IPY posters in your classroom? Have a look at these posters that have been made available from the USA and Canada. 1. IPY Opening Ceremony posters 2. USGS IPY posters and Satellite Image Map of Antarctica 3. ...
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Friday, 19 January 2007 05:41
Online Educational Center: The Cryosphere at NSIDC
Argentina
Chair: Dr. Mariano Memolli Instituto Antarctico Argentino
Secretary and Contact Point: Dr. Sergio Marenssi
Instituto Antarctico Argentino
Cerrito 1248, C1010AAZ Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
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Australia
Chair: Prof Amanda Lynch
Room S317a Menzies Building,
School of Geography & Environmental Science
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 07:11
March of the sea cucumbers
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) remain an efficient technology to uncover the secrets of Antarctic sea floor fauna. A video sequence at the foot of the Larsen B ice-shelf remnant reveals deep-sea sea cucumbers as abundant inhabitants.
ROVs have become standard non-invasive imaging tools for the Alfred Wegener Institute’s biological expeditions. For our expedition, devoted to the study of continental shelf sea floor communities (which were once under the now collapsed Larsen B ice-shelf), the ROV model Cherokee was selected (shown in the photo).
“Inspection ROVs like the Cherokee are fast to deploy and easy to recover” explains the marine ecologist Julian Gutt, who has 15 years ROV experience in Antarctic sea floor fauna investigation. Already used on a...
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 00:06
POLARIS book: Where did the Lost Land Come from?
Claire Eamer, one of the authors in POLARIS: A Celebration of Polar Science, describes where she got her inspiration:
When I was asked to think about a story on polar science for an IPY anthology, the first thing that came to mind was climate change. There’s a reason for that. Several reasons, actually.
The first reason was that I’d just spent more than three years helping coordinate a network of researchers looking into climate change, so I already knew quite a bit about the science. And I live in the Yukon, the far northwest of Canada, where the level of warming is among the highest in the world.
The main reason, though, i...
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:50
Polar Scientists Get Involved in Education
Claire Eamer, one of the authors in POLARIS: A Celebration of Polar Science, describes where she got her inspiration:
When I was asked to think about a story on polar science for an IPY anthology, the first thing that came to mind was climate change. There’s a reason for that. Several reasons, actually.
The first reason was that I’d just spent more than three years helping coordinate a network of researchers looking into climate change, so I already knew quite a bit about the science. And I live in the Yukon, the far northwest of Canada, where the level of warming is among the highest in the world.
The main reason, though, i...
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:31
POLARIS: A Celebration of Polar Science
A science fiction compilation inspired by the polar regions will be released in the next few months. It is called POLARIS: A Celebration of Polar Science, is part of a series called Tales from the Wonder Zone, and is edited by by Julie E. Czerneda and illustrated by Jean-Pierre Normand. We will be publishing blogs here by the different authors, asking what inspired them and what their story is about. This project, described below, is part of the IPY International Youth Steering Committee (project 168).
- Nine original science fiction stories based on the science and technology used to understand and explore polar regions...
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Friday, 19 January 2007 08:09
Cryolophosaurus ellioti: Antarctic dinosaur
In 1991, fossils of a previously unknown dinosaur species were found at a height of 13,000 feet (4,000 meters), near the summit of Mount Kirkpatrick in Antarctica. Cryolophosaurus ellioti had awaken after a long sleep. The creature's remains were located only 400 miles (650 kilometers) from the South Pole. Studies showed that it lived 170 million years ago, when Antarctica had a climate similar to that of Pacific Northwest — mild enough to support large plant-eating animal life, upon which the Cryolophosaurus preyed.
Antarctica did not get cold until 40 million years ago, and previous to this time, the Earth is believed to have been an average of 10 degrees warmer. Also, evidence tells us that the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared about 35 million yea...
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:13
Antarctic Sea Ice Fact Sheet
The sea near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, is -2° C, but the water is not frozen at that temperature. Why? In this activity, students can explore some of the properties of water and ice by making their own ice cream.
MATERIALS: (per pair of students)
2 heavy duty ziploc bags per student—1 large and 1 small
½ cup milk 1 Tablespoon sugar ½ teapoon vanilla
Ice salt 2 spoons 2 bowls
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place the milk, vanilla and sugar in the small Ziploc bag and carefully close it, being sure there are no leaks.
2. Place the small bag inside the larger one.
3. Surround the small bag with ice to ½ the large bag capacity.
4. Give each pair of students a differen...
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:00
I Scream-You Scream-We all Scream for Ice Cream!
The sea near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, is -2° C, but the water is not frozen at that temperature. Why? In this activity, students can explore some of the properties of water and ice by making their own ice cream.
MATERIALS: (per pair of students)
2 heavy duty ziploc bags per student—1 large and 1 small
½ cup milk 1 Tablespoon sugar ½ teapoon vanilla
Ice salt 2 spoons 2 bowls
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place the milk, vanilla and sugar in the small Ziploc bag and carefully close it, being sure there are no leaks.
2. Place the small bag inside the larger one.
3. Surround the small bag with ice to ½ the large bag capacity.
4. Give each pair of students a differen...
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