Cristina Galvan
About
Expeditions:
Polar Bear Response to Sea Ice Loss
Occupation:
Teacher
Organization:
Impact Academy of Arts and Technology
From an early age, Cristina Galvan has loved nature. She grew up camping every summer in Yosemite with her family. Ms. Galvan received her bachelor’s degree in integrative biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and continued her graduate studies through the Stanford University Teacher Education Program. She recently joined the staff at Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, California. She has taught Integrated Science, Biology and Physics. She works hard to provide a rigorous but supportive curriculum for her students, many of whom will be the first in their families to attend college. In her spare time, Ms. Galvan enjoys cooking, yoga, hiking, reading, traveling, and, at times, playing video games. She is excited to be part of PolarTREC and looks forward to sharing her experiences with her class and other teachers.
Cristina Galvan's Content
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November 1, 2009 Sunrise: depends on where I was |
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October 31, 2009 Halloween |
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October 29, 2009 Dinner with the Captain |
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October 28, 2009 Coring Process |
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October 27, 2009 Weather Break |
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October 24, 2009 Windy Days |
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October 26, 2009 One Week Left |
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October 23, 2009 Polar bear - 100 meters off the port side - and closing! |
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October 22, 2009 Live From IPY Attempt |
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October 21, 2009 New Passenger |
Read Full Journal | 21 October 2009 |
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Why should we care about polar bears? |
Polar Bear Response to Sea Ice Loss | September 30, 2009 - 4:45pm |
Hi Ashley!
Polar bears live to be about 20-25 years old in the wild. They can live longer in a zoo - they can live to be 30 years or older in a zoo.
Thanks
{read more}Ms Galvan
Hi Etti,
{read more}For some odd reason my emails to you are bouncing. So I'm using
Cristina's email to let you know I'm ok. Should be off the ship on
Sunday (if weather is ok). I'll text you when I get to cell contact.
Love you all
Merav
Hi Etti!
Great question, as we prepare to leave the team is faced with some
difficult decisions as to where to spend their final few days of work.
The bears are spread out and they have to choose between which bears
they should go after in the final days. Also we have...{read more}
Hi Jacob!
{read more}Great guess! You got it.
The sound of the ship breaking ice is really loud - it wakes us up a
night sometimes.
Thanks,
Ms Galvan
webmaster [at] polartrec [dot] com wrote:
Hi Deanna!
There are so many factors that go into being able to actually complete
the science that everyone came here to do - weather, ice conditions,
bears, radio collars, hours of daylight, helicopter issues, boat issues,
etc. It's amazing the logistics that go into...{read more}
Hi Ms Granberry and class-
Great questions about fat and metabolism.
One of the big things this team is looking at is the connection between
body condition (fat reserves) and metabolism. So far, the data is
showing that there is a connection - their metabolism seems to...{read more}
Hi Ronnie,
Thanks for the comments on the pictures! George didn't mention the name
for the bears - I'll have to check in with him about that :)
Also, glad you enjoyed the talent show pics - it was definitely a way to
pass time while we were grounded due to weather!...{read more}
Hi Michele,
It was pretty amazing to see her so close up to the boat. It really made
everyone's day.
I would guess she was about between 300-400 pounds. The researchers give
each bear a rank based on visual ID of their health conditions. They
would have given...{read more}
Hi Lollie,
I've checked out the fuel questions you posted. On average the boat
uses about 11,000 gallons of fuel per day. However, that varies
depending on how much ice we are breaking through - the more ice we
break through, the more engine power we need, the more...{read more}
Hi Lollie,
I have not forgotten your fuel question, I have actually been asking
around trying to figure out who has the most information - I've almost
pieced it all together! I just want to verify one last thing before
posting. We had drills all afternoon so no one was...{read more}