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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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
Window to the Past The Antarctic Sun Lucy Coleman, Tyler Mackey, Dawn Sumner Microbialites In Lake Joyce Antarctica
President Obama Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists Brian DuBay, Samantha Hansen Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains 2013
Going global, teaching local: Rodel Finalist Jillian Worssam links her students to scientists worldwide azdailysun.com Jillian Worssam Bering Ecosystem Study 08
Parishville-Hopkinton teacher to study ice, environment in Antarctica North Country Public Radio Website Glenn Clark, Amy Leventer Totten Glacier System in East Antarctica
Flag educators off to find out how microorganisms in Antarctic soil got there azdailysun.com Justin Kendhammer, Egbert Schwartz Soil Ecology in Antarctic Dry Valleys
Port Aransas teachers get Arctic experience South Jetty Newspaper Andrea Skloss, Jill Smith, Ken Dunton Chukchi Sea Ecosystem Study
Environmental educator learns about climate change in Alaska during his latest expedition The Star Ledger Bruce Taterka, Rose Cory Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions
Jenks Teacher Visits the Arctic South County Leader Alicia Gillean Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies
Chicago Teacher and Students Build Underwater Camera Rig to Observe and Record Antarctic Fish National Science Foundation Press Release Paula Dell, Kristin OBrien Biology of Antarctic Fishes 2013
CNR 4 Net Radiometer in Arctic Climate Research Kipp and Zonen Newsletter Susan Steiner Tundra Nutrient Seasonality
Teacher heads to Arctic Hyde Park Herald Nell Kemp Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web 2013
Jamie Esler: A cool summer adventure CDAPress.com Jamie Esler Drumlin Formation in Iceland
Life Under Antarctica's Ice Discover Mike LeBaron Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Libertyville High School teacher sharing lessons from Greenland NASA mission Libertyville Review Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
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
PolarTREC teacher Jamie Esler named the 2013 School District Teacher of the Year Jamie Esler Drumlin Formation in Iceland
Teacher wins national fellowship for Arctic Ocean research 9News.com Bill Schmoker International Continental Shelf Survey
NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign Phys.Org Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Overture exhibit highlights Antarctic art from Monona Grove teacher, graduates Wisconsin State Journal Juan Botella Seawater Property Changes in the Southern Ocean
Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica Watertown Daily Times Glenn Clark, Amy Leventer Totten Glacier System in East Antarctica
Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA Daily Herald Mark Buesing Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
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
Port Aransas Teachers at the Forefront of Arctic Research Corpus Christi Caller Times Andrea Skloss, Jill Smith Chukchi Sea Ecosystem Study
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