Welcome to the Virtual Base Camp, the starting point for your exploration of the polar regions with PolarTREC teachers and researchers! PolarTREC expeditions will journey to the Arctic and Antarctic throughout the International Polar Year (2007-2009). Click on an expedition to learn more about a project, read journals, view photos, post questions, and interact with the team.
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Arctic Expeditions
Antarctic Expeditions
Completed Expeditions
Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST)-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem
March 8 - 31, 2009 | USCGC Healy, Bering Sea
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Researcher
- Lee Cooper
- University of Maryland
- Solomons, MD
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Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) 2009
March 15 - April 3, 2009 | Barrow, Alaska
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Researcher
- Harry Beine
- University of California at Davis
- Davis, CA
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Scientific Drilling at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Chukotka, Northeast Siberia
March 21 - April 22, 2009 | Crater Lake El’gygytgyn, Russia
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Teacher
- Tim Martin
- Greensboro Day School
- Greensboro, NC
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Researcher
- Pavel Minyuk
- Northeast Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute
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Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST)-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP)
March 31 - May 12, 2009 | USCGC Healy, Bering Sea
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Researcher
- Carin Ashjian
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Woods Hole, MA
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Validation and Calibration of High Resolution CReSIS Radar Data
May 22 - June 8, 2009 | NEEM Camp, Greenland
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K-12 Science Coordinator
- Cheri Hamilton
- Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
- Lawrence, KS
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Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST)-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP)
June 14 - July 15, 2009 | R/V Knorr, Bering Sea
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Teacher
- Mark McKay
- Venture Academy/Delta VISTA
- Stockton, CA
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Greenland, Denmark, United States Joint Science Education Tour '09
July 5 - 21, 2009 | Various Locations, Greenland
Coupled Glacial and Lacustrine Evidence for Decadal- to millennial-scale variability in the climatologic Aleutian Low, southern Alaska
July 21 - August 13, 2009 | Southcentral and Southwest Alaska
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Researcher
- Heidi Roop
- Northern Arizona University
- Flagstaff, AZ
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Researcher
- Caleb Schiff
- Northern Arizona University
- Flagstaff, AZ
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The Svalbard REU - Holocene and Modern Climate Change in the High Arctic
July 10 - August 15, 2009 | Svalbard, Norway
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Researcher
- Ross Powell
- Northern Illinois University
- DeKalb, IL
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Adaptive long-term fasting in land- and ice-bound polar bears: coping with ice loss in the Arctic?
September 23 - November 1, 2009 | Coast Guard Ship, Beaufort Sea
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Teacher
- Cristina Galvan
- Impact Academy of Arts and Technology
- Menlo Park, CA
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Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology of Taylor Glacier Basal Ice
October 5 - December 3, 2009 | McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Development of a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Under Sea Ice Research in Polar Environments
October 29 - December 18, 2009 | McMurdo Station, Antarctica
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Researcher
- Bob Zook
- Moss Landing Marine Labs
- Moss Landing, CA
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Researcher
- Stacy Kim
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Moss Landing, CA
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IceCube Neutrino Lab
November 16 - January 1, 2010 | South Pole Station, Antarctica
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Researcher
- Tom Gaisser
- University of Delaware
- Newark, DE
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Researcher
- Jim Madsen
- University of Wisconsin River Falls
- River Falls, WI
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Surveying Conditions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
November 23 - January 10, 2010 | West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide, Antarctica
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Teacher
- Gary Wesche
- St. John Francis Regis School
- Kansas City, MO
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The Biogeochemical Evolution of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Fluvial System on the Cotton Glacier, Antarctica
November 17 - January 13, 2010 | Cotton Glacier, Antarctica
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Researcher
- Diane McKnight
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
- Boulder, CO
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