Mark Goldner
About
Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 2011
Occupation:
Teacher
Organization:
Heath K-8 Elementary School
Mark Goldner teaches 7th and 8th grade science at the Heath K-8 Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts. He has been teaching middle and high school science for the past 19 years. In his classes, Mr. Goldner stresses the importance of developing a strong and positive relationship with the natural world, and that the best way to learn science is by doing real scientific investigations. Outside the classroom, Mr. Goldner enjoys spending time hiking, swimming, biking, and sailing with his wife and two kids, and on weekends and in the summer, he can often be found on the coast of Maine. Along with his outdoor adventures, Mr. Goldner plays the trumpet and loves jazz.
Mark Goldner's Content
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Test methods |
Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra | February 24, 2011 - 11:04am |
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Antarctica! |
Seafloor Organisms and Changing Ocean Conditions in Antarctic | February 24, 2011 - 10:39am |
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Greenland - wow! |
Greenland Education Tour 2011 | February 24, 2011 - 10:34am |
Like other parts of the Earth's crust, Svalbard has moved around the globe due to continental drift. At times it was further south, and also the climate of the past at certain times was much warmer. So there is evidence of a tropical climate during Jurassic times (200-145 million years ago)....{read more}
Hey Sami,
Check out these journal posts where I discussed this extensively: http://www.polartrec.com/...{read more}
Remember that we only stopped over in the city of Longyearbyen before flying up to the research base where we spent most of our time. Svalbard is a huge area, and Longyearbyen is the "big town". I don't know why they painted in all the different colors - probably to brighten up a rather drab...{read more}
Nope. It's a very rare thing to encounter a polar bear and even more rare for the polar bear to attack. So no one I was with ever had to actually shoot a bear.
{read more}I'm not sure - this is just what we were told. Signs of polar bear aggression are mainly if the bear is moving towards you and not making any signs of turning away. Also if you see a polar bear that seems to be stalking you over time.
{read more}We're used to ice being transparent-looking because most of the colors in the spectrum travel right through it (to a point - if the ice is thick enough the light will eventually be absorbed, and it will appear dark). Or we are also familiar with snow being white - this is because each tiny...{read more}
We have seen many types of birds - Kittiwakes, Arctic Terns, Skuas, Snow Geese to name a few. Also we saw Arctic Foxes, Bearded Seals and Svalbard Reindeer. I did see polar bear footprints but no actual bears.
{read more}Lakes can form when meltwater accumulates on a glacier for a long period of time. This would happen particularly when the glacier becomes stagnant - when its flow rate goes way down. Microbial life can exist in these lakes, and they would then leave organic deposits at the bottom. We saw an...{read more}
That's a great question, Hal! The mud can be used to tell us quite a bit about how fast the glacier is receding, and what types of "plumbing features" might exist under and around the glacier. For example, I've discussed two interesting features - the "upwelling plume" and the "delta". These are...{read more}
Ha ha! I have no idea. You'd have to ask a farmer. It must be pretty good, though, as there is tons of plant life under the bird colony where the ground is mainly barren most other places on the island.
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