The PolarTREC newsroom provides basic program information to members of the media, and is a source to track the latest media coverage of PolarTREC.

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Media seeking additional information about PolarTREC please contact:

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Phone: 907-474-1600

Recent Media Coverage

PolarTREC is making news around the country! Click the articles below to check out recent news coverage. Visit us in the future to search all PolarTREC media coverage!

Newsroom Archives
Title Date Organization or Publication Related Members Expeditions
Teacher Heads South for PENGUIn and Penguins AAAS Science NetLinks Tim Spuck Space Weather Monitoring on the Antarctic Plateau 2013
Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice National Geographic News Mike LeBaron, Ross Powell, Susan Kelly Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Middle school teacher brings arctic research to the classroom The Mount Magazine - Mount St.Mary's College Cristina Solis Microbial Activity in Thawing Arctic Permafrost 2012
Teacher Describes South Pole Work Gaston Gazette Liz Ratliff IceCube In Ice Antarctic Telescope 2012
Libertyville teacher tapped by NASA Lake County News Sun Mark Buesing, Michael Studinger, George Hale Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Arctic trek to help Jenks teacher inspire students South County Leader Alicia Gillean Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies
Sunlight Stimulates Release of Climate-Warming Gas from Melting Arctic Permafrost ScienceDaily Bruce Taterka, Rose Cory Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions
Libertyville Teacher Heading to NASA Polar Project Chicago Tribune Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Port Aransas Teachers Will Go To The Arctic South Jetty Andrea Skloss, Jill Smith Chukchi Sea Ecosystem Study
Really Down South Lake Norman Currents Magazine John Priscu, Slawek Tulaczyk, Ross Powell, Mike LeBaron Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Nobleboro Teacher and the Expedition Virtual Base Camp Lincoln County News Ken Williams, Seth Campbell Reconstructing the Past Climate of Central Alaska
Teacher, students take a field trip to Alaska The Florida Catholic Elizabeth Eubanks Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
West Morris Mendham teacher to assist scientists on tundra The Star-Ledger, www.nj.com Bruce Taterka Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions
Teacher to give talk on Arctic climate changes Dan Frost
NASA Begins New Season Of Arctic Ice Science Flights PRNewswire-USNewswire Mark Buesing, Michael Studinger, George Hale, Christy Hansen Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Port Aransas Teachers at the Forefront of Arctic Research Corpus Christi Caller Times Andrea Skloss, Jill Smith Chukchi Sea Ecosystem Study
San Francisco teacher's polar trip explores cool science San Francisco Examiner Amber Lancaster Impacts of the Larsen Ice Shelf System on the Weddell Sea
Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA Daily Herald Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica Watertown Daily Times Glenn Clark, Amy Leventer Totten Glacier System in East Antarctica
Overture exhibit highlights Antarctic art from Monona Grove teacher, graduates Wisconsin State Journal Juan Botella Seawater Property Changes in the Southern Ocean
NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign Phys.Org Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Teacher wins national fellowship for Arctic Ocean research 9News.com Bill Schmoker International Continental Shelf Survey
PolarTREC teacher Jamie Esler named the 2013 School District Teacher of the Year Jamie Esler Drumlin Formation in Iceland
Teacher from Bristol gets up close with Greenland ice studies Kenosha News Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Centennial Middle teacher heads to Arctic for second expedition Daily Camera Online Bill Schmoker International Continental Shelf Survey