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Video podcasts about Antarctica from K.W. Barrett Elementary School

Katie Breen — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:22:50 -0900

Students from K.W. Barrett Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia have made video podcasts about Antarctica! They based their podcasts on information they had learned during a visit by Allan Miller to their classroom and by following his expedition on this site.

Check it out here!

http://carpecamera.blogspot.com

Now Archived - Live Events with Oden on 15 and 20 December

Janet Warburton — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:03:56 -0900

On December 15 and 20, 2006 ARCUS held live webinars (webconferences) with PolarTREC teachers Ute Kaden and Allan Miller who are en route to Antarctica aboard the Swedish icebreacker, Oden.

If you were unable to attend the live webinars, or you would like to review the presentations or share them with others, you may access the archives by following the instructions below.

1. Click on the following links for webinar 1 and/or 2:

Science on the Oden

Janet Warburton — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:34:15 -0900

Here's a link to a website describing some of the science that is occurring
on the Oden while en route to Antarctica.

http://science.whoi.edu/users/sgallager/oden/oden_home.html

Google Earth to Track Expedition

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:26:42 -0900

Hi Mrs. Kaden and Mr. Miller - We would like to track your expedition with Google Earth. What were your flights from the U.S. to Chili? Where do you go after McMurdo? Thanks! Mrs. Sullivan and the 4th Graders in Mrs. Lambert's class.

Ute Kaden Goes Back to Antarctica!

Janet Warburton — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:58:44 -0900

Hi. Just an update for Ute's students and friends.

Ute has joined the IPY ROAM project and is working with other students and teachers in Antarctica! Click here to read blogs and follow the expedition.

You can also email her during the expedition at ukaden@aol.com.

kewl

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:41:56 -0900

i am jude noble here to say i cane from barr middle school to say h3llo to the people

mr miller this is maranda merkes

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:39:40 -0800

Hey

so Ben told me to wright your name in Google and to see if i could find you!!!!! i did. that is so cool that yo uhave got to go there. When are you coming back to alaska,you are likr the best teacher EVER. wright me some time running1994@hotmail.com

-maranda

ps i have read like every one of yourt journels

finishing up the story

Wed, 02 May 2007 09:49:45 -0800

I just found this web site when my mom told me about it. This is really neat i have been reading along havent catched up yet. i just read the one that said coming next going home off the ice. I have learned alot from these thanks.

Benjamin Ikerd

Mrs. Chippy joins NASA for astrobiology research in the desert!

Allan Miller — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:32:11 -0800

Remember me? The adorable little teddy bear that sent you e-mails from Antarctica back in December? Well I've been invited by a friend of Allan Miller's (Dan Wray from Indiana) from the NASA Network of Educator Astronaut Teachers to join the Spacebound Mojave expedition that will be taking place beginning next week in Zzyyxx, California. We'll be teaming up with NASA astrobiology scientists looking at understanding similar questions to some of those that we explored in Antarctica - specifically how life can survive in extreme environments. If you'd like to follow along with us, I will be maintaining another website
which is: http://mojavechippy.squarespace.com/journal/

Besides the desert I will be traveling with Dan's family for a bit - check out my blog for a little latitude / longitude challenge to see if you can figure out all the awesome places I'm going to be able to visit. The entire expedition also has an overall website which is
http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/mojave2007/info.html

There are also some pretty cool polar expeditions happening right now and over the next month that might also be of interest - of course I won't be going along (I have had plenty of opportunity to explore the Arctic) but thought you might be interested in these as well.

(1) Snowstar 2007 - Barrenlands traverse:
http://www.barrenlands.org/MainPage.html

This is a 3500 mile snowmachine adventure crossing the Arctic from Fairbanks to the Hudson Bay - this is underway right now and has a pretty cool website tracking their expedition.

(2) PolarTREC SEDNA Arctic Expedition:
http://www.polartrec.com/sedna-ice-camp/overview

Teacher Robert Harris and researcher Cathleen Geiger will join an international team of scientists on the SEDNA project, working north of Alaska on the drifting pack ice of the Beaufort Sea.

(3) Live from the Poles Expedition 1 to Ice Camp Borneo very near the North Pole: http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/expedition1/index.html

The Polar Discovery team will document scientists working at an ice camp at the North Pole beginning April 18. Through daily stories, photos, and videos, Polar Discovery will give you an inside look as researchers battle temperatures plunging to 30 below zero to take the pulse of the climate at the top of the world.

It was great working with all of you during the Oden expedition - and I hope that you will follow along with me on my next trip and these other opportunities!

On behalf of Mrs. Chippy II
Allan Miller, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow
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