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Recent Media Coverage

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Newsroom Archives
Title Date Organization or Publication Related Members Expeditions
Teacher Spotlight: Cara Pekarcik, 2018 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Museum Institute for Teaching Science Cara Pekarcik Southern Ocean Diatoms
How to teach kids about climate change where most parents are skeptics The Washington Post Jamie Esler Drumlin Formation in Iceland
Miami Local 10 News Story Operation IceBridge 2017
7 News Miami Story about Adeena Teres WSVN Ch7 News Adeena Teres Operation IceBridge 2017
Stoneman Douglas Teacher Receives Special Recognition for NASA Mission to the Arctic Coral Springs Talk Adeena Teres Operation IceBridge 2017
Lindblom high school students build camera to study Antarctic fish ABC Channel 7, Chicago Proud Paula Dell, Kristin OBrien Biology of Antarctic Fishes, Biology of Antarctic Fishes 2013
Teacher to Embark on Chilly Research Experience Saint Johns Sun Steve Kirsche Dynamic Observations of the Microstructural Evolution of Firn
Teacher to Study the Polar Ice Cap The Parklander Magazine Adeena Teres Operation IceBridge 2017
Summer break means Arctic adventure for St. Johns County Teacher St. Augustine Record Steve Kirsche Dynamic Observations of the Microstructural Evolution of Firn
Outside the lab: NAU field researchers provide school teachers hands-on education NAU News Jennifer Baldacci, Rebecca Harris Arctic Glacial Lakes, Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies 2017
How Arctic Ice Affects Gas Exchange Between Air And Sea EOS Dave Jones CO2 and pH Studies of the Arctic Ocean
Detroit Jewish News: Teacher spends a month at the bottom of the world Detroit Jewish News Kate Miller Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016
IceCube End of Season Report: Summer season done, now ready for the long winter IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory Kate Miller, Jim Madsen Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016
Stoney Creek teacher returns from polar research experience C&G Newspapers Eric Thuma, Jim Madsen Antarctic Neutron Monitors For Solar Study
Popular Mechanics: An Antarctic Research Station's Living Quarters Are Surprisingly Comfy Popular Mechanics Kate Miller Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016
Summertime and the Livin' Is Icy … for PhD Student Eric Wagner Dartmouth Engineer Magazine Steve Kirsche Dynamic Observations of the Microstructural Evolution of Firn
Springs Teacher Heads to the Arctic East Hampton Star Lisa Seff, Carin Ashjian Upwelling and Ecology in the Beaufort Sea
Dwyer to discuss Polar Gigantism in Antarctic Sea Spiders The Islands' Sounder Timothy Dwyer Polar Gigantism in Antarctica
The Community Edge: Stoney Creek High School Teacher Does Polar Research in Antarctica The Community Edge Eric Thuma, Jim Madsen Antarctic Neutron Monitors For Solar Study
University of Michigan Honors Program: @MillerSouthPole: Honors Grad Explains Science from the South Pole University of Michigan LSA Honors College Kate Miller, Jim Madsen Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016
How do you study fish in Antarctica? Ask these CPS students, who built a probe Chicago Tribune Paula Dell, Kristin OBrien Biology of Antarctic Fishes, Biology of Antarctic Fishes 2013
WJLA - TV Arlington teacher gives students lesson from the South Pole WJLA - TV (Channel 7) Kate Miller, Jim Madsen Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016
It takes guts for a sea spider to pump blood Science News Art Woods, Timothy Dwyer Polar Gigantism in Antarctica
Antarctic Firsts for Women EARTH magazine
NewsCheck: Washington-Lee Teacher Gearing up for South Pole Expedition – Would you like a postcard? Arlington Public Schools: NewsCheck Kate Miller Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory 2016