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What Are They Doing?

Carin describing where they are sampling.
Carin describing where they are sampling.
During this cruise, the team collected some of the first winter information ever collected on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. In particular, they studied a very small crustacean called a copepod. Copepods make up the base of the ocean food chain. In addition to studying the ecology, scientists on board were looking at chlorophyll, marine mammals, and birds. Data collected during the cruise was used to predict future impacts of climate change on the oceans.

Where Are They?

Carin describing where they are sampling.
Carin describing where they are sampling.

The team lived and worked from the United States Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy. While on board, they traversed the Bering Sea and broke sea ice to reach the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The Healy was designed from the keel up for icebreaking and polar research in diverse fields of science and engineering. There are accommodations for up to 50 scientists. The Healy is designed to break 4 feet of ice continuously at 3 knots and can operate in temperatures as low as -50 degrees F.

Latest Journals

Nearly two months have passed since I walked down the gangway of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Healy for the final time. Getting home the week of Christmas ensured there was plenty to do and last minute preparations to be made. Celebrating the holidays and the New Year, returning to the…
After 28 hours of travel time through 4 airports, I have arrived at home at last. There are just a few days remaining before Christmas to prepare for the holidays. I will be posting some final reflections, travel pictures and of course more resources in the coming weeks. Thank you to everyone…
Yesterday, we were able to conduct a final net tow before heading into Summer Bay, just off Dutch Harbor. As the Main lab was being “put away” around him, Dr. Campbell worked diligently to pick some last copepods for genetics analysis back in the lab. Dr. Campbell picking copepods The sunrise…
Last night Healy took some major waves over the fantail, such large waves that the Aft Staging area door was damaged. HUGE wave over the fantail! The Aft Staging area is the location where much of the science equipment (VPR, multi-nets, ring net, Bongo nets) is stored. It is a compartment…
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USCGC Healy in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
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A Winter Expedition to Explore the Biological and Physical Conditions of the Bering, Chucki, and Southern Beaufort Seas
Chantelle Rose - Teacher
Teacher
Graham High School

Chantelle Rose has been intrigued by the out-of-doors her entire life. As a child she enjoyed camping trips with her family, canoeing expeditions, and spending every day of every summer outside. Her resulting sense of adventure has led her to travel to three continents and earn a seat on a sub-orbital spaceflight. She choose the field of education to inspire, excite, and engage students in the amazing opportunities that abound for them! She has been teaching since 1995 and has taught every grade level. Chantelle received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Urbana University in 1995. She received her Master of Science in Educational Administration from the University of Dayton in 1998.

Ms. Rose currently teaches at Graham High School, where she has taught Environmental Science, Physical Science, Science in Ohio, Science Proficiency Lab, and Biology I. Her students have the opportunity to explore aviation in the footsteps of the Wright Brothers, visit Ordovician bedrock to learn about ancient Ohio, and utilize their school land lab to study the local flora and fauna.

Ms. Rose also serves as a Volunteer for Girl Scouts and organizes school and recreation Pee Wee Cheerleading. Her hobbies include traveling and spending time enjoying nature with her family.

Carin Ashjian - Researcher
Researcher
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Carin Ashjian studies marine biology and ecology with a special interest in the ecology of zooplankton in the Polar Regions, as these ecosystems may be significantly impacted by climate change. Her studies have taken her to both the Arctic and the Antarctic. For eleven years, she worked near Utqiaġvik/Barrow AK using a research vessel to study how and why this region is a feeding hotspot for bowhead whales during their fall migration from Canada to the Bering Sea. She also has worked from much larger research vessels, the USCGC Healy and the R/V SIkuliaq, to study zooplankton in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. Past research has taken her to the Sea of Japan, the Norwegian Sea, Georges Bank, the Gulf Stream, and the California Current. She is a Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where she has worked since 1995.

Winter Sampling Resources

Dayton's News Program, Fox 45 in the Morning, talks with teacher Chantelle Rose directly from the Arctic about her oceanographic PolarTREC expedition and follow-up involvement with the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska.

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Students decorate polysterene cups later to be submerged in the ocean. Subsequent activities have students consider the effects of water pressure and depth with respect to their cups.

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Students will determine mass and volume of a styrofoam cup. They will calculate the density and research the depth of the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. They will

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Students chose a research project, from one of seven suggested projects, to complete in class with a partner. Upon completion they will present their information to the class.

Objectives

Students will present a scientifically accurate project on a topic related to the PolarTREC Winter Sampling expedition.

Lesson Preparation

Introduce students to the PolarTREC website. Any expedition could be selected

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Results from PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's research cruise to the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas surprise scientists and may have implications for climate modeling. Read more about the tenacity of life forms living off the coast of Alaska from this National Science Foundation press release.

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Tara Hastings, WDTN Meteorologist visited Graham High School to talk with PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose about her Winter Sampling expedition. A video interview will remain as an external link to WDTN webpage.

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PolarTREC teacher, Chantelle Rose made a follow-up Guest appearance on the Dayton Fox 45 Morning Show to discuss the Winter Sampling expedition.

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While on the Winter Sampling expedition PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose was interviewed by Alaska's KTUU TV.

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PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose is featured in this WDTN Channel 2 News Story before her departure on the USCG Cutter Healy for her Winter Sampling Expedition.

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Video of PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose and the Winter Sampling Expedition aboard USCG Cutter Healy as aired on Anchorage KTUU Channel 2 TV.

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This is a web story from a featured news story on Channel 2 KTUU TV, Anchorage's New Source on PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's Winter Sampling experience.

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PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the final installment in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.

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PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose conducted this PolarConnect event while aboard the USCGC Healy on 7 December 2011. There is a short gap in the audio recording of the presentation. Only one question about capture nets is missing from recording.

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PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the third in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.

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PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the second in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.

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PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the first in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.

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CTD Data plots from the Winter Sampling Expedition. CTD is an acronym for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth. It is a device that measures the salinity, temperature, depth in a vertical profile from the surface. The data comes from the Chukchi Sea.

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This is an article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's PolarConnect event viewed at Urbana University.

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PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose conducted this PolarConnect event while aboard the USCGC Healy on 16 November 2011.

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This is a television interview from USCG Healy via satellite phone to a television station in Dayton, Ohio.

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Television interview with Chantelle Rose for the Winter Sampling expedition.

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This is a journal that can be used to follow the 2011 Winter Sampling Expedition!

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This is an article from the University of Dayton UD Quickly on-line publication.

"I thought if I am a professional – an adult – and I was unaware of how unique and diverse the Arctic region is, my students must have the same misconceptions." - Chantelle Rose

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Article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's icebreaker-based expedition to collect some of the first winter information on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas.

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