Eric Thuma, a physics teacher at Stoney Creek High School, recently spent three weeks in Antarctica assisting in scientific polar research.
Eric Thuma stands on the McMurdo Ice Sheet, preparing to extract a seismometer. (Photo provided by Dr. Doug MacAyeal)
Newspaper article related to outreach at the Mystic Aquarium Women in Science Day. URI researchers and PolarTREC teacher Cara Pekarcik were interviewed about their upcoming research trip to Antarctica.Cara at Mystic Aquarium Women in Science Day talking to a student.