International Arctic Buoy Program Resources

The Missouri State University's College of Natural and Applied Science Newswatch interviewed alumna, Sarah Johnson on her work with the International Arctic Buoy Programme and PolarTREC.

Ignatius Rigor works with many people all around the world as he studies sea ice using buoys and satellite data, flying C-130’s out of Kodiak, AK, and helicopters out of Utqiagvik, AK. Sarah Johnson and Ignatius provide descriptions of their buoys and the importance of the buoy data for climate research. In this episode, we also learn about the arctic

Sarah shared her Arctic experience with the World Association for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts through a global girls in STEM online event.

See how Sarah conducted a school outreach program in the Chugach School District in southern Alaska integrating the Float Your Boat program.

Sarah reads her poem for 2023 International Polar Week with APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists)

Sarah authors a blog post for USAPECS (US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) discussing her path to the polar science and education. She also discusses how she understands the value of communities and people in the scientific research.

Float Your Boat is an outreach project of the International Arctic Buoy Programme. It is a project for community members and students to learn about the Arctic Ocean – its' circulation, its' sea-ice cover, and how it’s changing. Participants learn about the Arctic Ocean and sea ice, decorate a small wooden boat, and then watch via an online map, their

This article, written by PolarTREC educator Sarah Johnson, was published on June 10, 2022 in the online publication Float Your Boat; Connecting People to the Arctic Ocean. Float Your Boat Info (FYB) is an outreach project of the International Arctic Buoy Programme developed by David Forcucci (US Coast Guard, retired), and Ignatius Rigor (Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University

This video was taken by John Woods for the International Arctic Buoy Programme Spring Deployment, approximately 100 miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska. It was filmed at the buoy cluster site where three buoys were deployed on the Arctic sea ice to measure current conditions and take observations.

Article in the local Sopris Sun newspaper about PolarTREC educator Sarah Johnson and her experiences from her expedition with the International Arctic Buoy Programme as part of the PolarTREC program. The article was published in Volume 14, Number 20 | June 23 - June 29, 2022.

The PolarTREC Field Experience

After two years of anticipation due to Covid-19 derailments, I spent 12 days in Utqiaġvik, Alaska as the education officer with the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) from March 28-April 7, 2022. This was the 2022 IABP Utqiaġvik Spring Deployment under the National Science Foundation Award ​​#1951762 Collaborative Research: Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the