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,...

On March the 22nd, at the University of Alaska Anchorage, there will be an IPY launch and presentation of results from IPY project "Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA)". SLiCA is an endorsed IPY project (# 386) and presenting results from SLiCA has been seen as an opportunity to focus both on the peoples of the Arctic and Northern communities and the start of the International Polar Year. This is the first release of results from SLiCA comparing living conditions among the Inuit in Northern Alaska (the Inupiat settlement region), the four Inuit Settlement regions in Canada and Greenland as well as the indigenous peoples of Chukotka, Russia. For more information, please see the related ...

On March the 22nd, at the University of Alaska Anchorage, there will be an IPY launch and presentation of results from IPY project "Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA)". SLiCA is an endorsed IPY project (# 386) and presenting results from SLiCA has been seen as an opportunity to focus both on the peoples of the Arctic and Northern communities and the start of the International Polar Year. This is the first release of results from SLiCA comparing living conditions among the Inuit in Northern Alaska (the Inupiat settlement region), the four Inuit Settlement regions in Canada and Greenland as well as the indigenous peoples of Chukotka, Russia. For more information, please see the related ...

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...

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...

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...

There is a growing need for Antarctic-related research in the social sciences and humanities to, firstly, obtain a deeper understanding of political, economic, and socio-cultural processes and pressures that rapidly gain in complexity, and secondly, to inform policymaking for Antarctica. However, a comprehensive research program is lacking. It is proposed that a research network named Social Sciences & Humanities Antarctic Research Exchange (SHARE) be set up to start filling this gap. Through SHARE it is also hoped to facilitate the provision of political and financial support for initiating, developing and coordinating social science and humanities research with a focus on the Antarctic. A platform for Antarctic researchers from the social sciences and humanities...

Far North Science publishes news, stories, observations and links about science, research and natural events in Alaska and the Arctic. It is edited and written mainly by Doug O’Harra, a long-time Alaska journalist based in Anchorage and a previous winner of the science journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The site publishes new stories almost every day, and includes links to the latest science developments reported by national and international media. As an educational resource, Far North Science stories emphasize outside links to original sources and previous coverage. One goal is to make each post work as a portal into its subject area for students, teachers...

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 ...

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. Photos ...