Presentation prepared for the Rochester Community Schools Board of Education related to the PolarTREC 2017 Neutron Monitors for Solar Study expedition.
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)
Provided by Dr. Jennifer Burns and and graduate student Kim Goetz. This timelapse video depicts the movement of Weddell Seals of a 12 month period.
Interview with PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers and Dr. Jennifer Burns' expedition studying Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Michelle Brown and Andy Stillinger calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis by using height and shadow length at the South Pole on winter solstice.
World Championship Sled Dog Races- Alex Eilers
Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea Alex Eilers