Rutgers Roommates Head for Antarctica to Study Climate Change
Taylor Dodge and Rachael Young, Rutgers University-New Brunswick seniors, are friends, roommates, South Jersey natives – and headed to opposite ends of Antarctica this field season for separate research projects to gather data on the effects…
Polar Educators Unite at the AGU Meeting 2017
PolarTREC is highlighting some great events at the upcoming AGU conference in New Orleans December 11-15, 2017
Here is a list of interesting events:
ARCUS has a number of Arctic focused events that you might also be interested in, including…
Hunt for Meteorites in Antarctica
Juliane Gross, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick, will spend several weeks in one of the world’s most desolate places collecting meteorites – which can provide clues to how our solar system evolved,…
Arctic Futures Podcast – Episode Four
In this latest installment of the Arctic Futures podcast from the World Ocean Observatory, host Peter Neill focuses on the health and welfare of the indigenous people of the Arctic.
Connect Your Students with Antarctica
Participate in a real-time videoconference with a scientist at Palmer Station, part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network.
Your students will engage in a 30-minute virtual scientific briefing and discussion with an LTER scientist…
Arctic Futures Podcast Series Continues
Check out the latest Arctic Futures podcast from World Ocean Radio. In this episode, host Peter Neill discusses the melting of sea ice, its causes, the adaptation of native Arctic people, and the potential for future exploitation and passage…
Antarctica, Penguins and Cartoons – Irresistible!
Maris Wicks is a talented cartoonist and writer that is working on a nonfiction comic book about Antarctica. She spent much of this past field season in Antarctica "having experiences that enhance and contribute to the comics that I make."
Please…
NEW Webinar Series for Educators
The Polar-ICE team is excited to announce the launch of Data Stories and an accompanying webinar series. Geared towards teachers in grades 6-9, Data Stories are easy-to-use, 5-minute interactive online stories focused around engaging students…
Win a Climate Grant with Project Polar Bear
#ProjectPolarBear is an international competition for middle and high school student groups taking action to fight climate change. Teams compete by creating a plan for a project that will help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and engage their…
Arctic Future Podcast on World Ocean Radio!
This week's audio episode of World Ocean Radio entitled "Arctic Futures, Part One" is now available online
Part one of a four-part series on the Arctic. In this episode, host Peter Neill examines governance, oversight, resources, and the…
Attention Classroom Educators!
Our Antarctic research team needs your classroom's help! We are using satellite images to find Weddell seals in Antarctica. This ongoing project needs many eyes to search the images and find the seals. It's easy. All your students have…
Attention Polar Scientists
Do you have a science story or example that connects to any of the polar literacy principles?
Call for Ideas for Polar Literacy Media: Polar ICE wants to illustrate these principles with stories and examples told by scientists that we…
