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Teacher Spotlight: Cara Pekarcik, 2018 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year

Teacher Spotlight on Cara Pekarcik, 2018 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year in the publication Museum Institute for Teaching Science.

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Currently in Quincy Interview - Post Expedition

Podcast of the live TV interview with QATV journalist Joe Catalano. This interview is a follow-up to a previous discussion about the PolarTREC expedition.

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Three Women Scientists from URI to lead expeditions this year to Antarctica

Press release from the University of Rhode Island highlighting the work of Dr. Bethany Jenkins and the Southern Ocean Diatom expedition.

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AM Quincy Podcast

Podcast of the Currently in Quincy interview related to PolarTREC. Cara Pekarcik sat down with Joe Catalano from Quincy Access Television to discuss her upcoming trip to Antarctica. The conversation touches on the specific research and the outreach component of the trip.

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URIā€ˆresearchers head to Antarctica on six-week trip

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.
Cara at Mystic Aquarium Women in Science Day talking to a student.

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QATV Currently in Quincy Podcast

Quincy Access Television interview: PolarTREC teacher Cara Pekarcik talks with Joe Catalano on the Currently in Quincy Program. The conversation includes descriptions of the PolarTREC program, a description of the research project and day-to-day activities as well as a discussion about student and community outreach.

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NQHS Teacher Cara Pekarcik Bound for Antarctica

Article from the local newspaper The Quincy Sun. The article provides a brief article of the Southern Ocean Diatoms PolarTREC expedition.

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Quincy Teacher to Spend Six Weeks in Antarctica

Article from the Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) introducing the Southern Ocean Diatoms PolarTREC expedition. The article focuses on a presentation for North Quincy High School students by Dr. Bethany Jenkins. Jenkins, as well as graduates students from the University of Rhode Island spoke to students about diatoms, life on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer and specific tools and techniques related

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  • Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic 2016 (4)
  • Drumlin Formation in Iceland (4)
  • Dynamic Observations of the Microstructural Evolution of Firn (4)
  • Ecosystem Study of the Chukchi Shoal (4)
  • Glacial History in Antarctica (4)
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  • Tundra Nutrient Seasonality (4)
  • Adaptations of Marine Worms in Antarctica (3)
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  • Biology of Antarctic Fishes 2013 (3)
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  • Antarctic Neutron Monitors For Solar Study (2)
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  • Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra (2)
  • Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2013 (2)
  • Chemical Ecology of Shallow Water Marine Communities (2)
  • CO2 and pH Studies of the Arctic Ocean (2)
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  • Weddell Seals: Growing Up on Ice (2)
  • Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea 2016 (2)
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  • Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies 2017 (1)
  • Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions 2014 (1)
  • Bering Ecosystem Change (1)
  • Bering Ecosystem Study (1)
  • Changing Tundra Landscapes (1)
  • Chukchi Sea Borderland (1)
  • Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic (1)
  • Cresis Aerial Survey of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (1)
  • Effects of Lemmings on the Arctic Tundra Ecosystem (1)
  • Flow Studies on an Antarctic Glacier (1)
  • Glacial Movement and Seismicity (1)
  • Greenland Education Tour 09 (1)
  • Greenland Education Tour 2011 (1)
  • Greenland Education Tour 2012 (1)
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  • Greenland Snow Studies (1)
  • High Arctic Change 08 (1)
  • High Arctic Change 2011 (1)
  • Human Impacts in Antarctica (1)
  • IceCube and The Askaryan Radio Array 2019 (1)
  • IceCube In-ice Antarctic Telescope 2010 (1)
  • Joint Science Education Project 2013 (1)
  • Microbial Activity in Thawing Arctic Permafrost (1)
  • Migration and Carry-Over Effects in Arctic Seabirds (1)
  • MOSAiC (1)
  • Northern Chukchi Integrated Study (1)
  • Oceanographic Conditions of Bowhead Whale Habitat (1)
  • Oden Antarctic Expedition 07 (1)
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  • Phenology and Vegetation in the Warming Arctic 2021 (1)
  • Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web 2013 (1)
  • Reconstructing the Past Climate of Central Alaska (1)
  • Sea Floor Changes and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (1)
  • Seawater Property Changes in the Southern Ocean (1)
  • SEDNA Beaufort Sea Ice (1)
  • SIMBA Antarctic Sea Ice (1)
  • Soil Ecology in Antarctic Dry Valleys (1)
  • South Pole Ozone Changes (1)
  • Space Weather Monitoring on the Antarctic Plateau 2013 (1)
  • Spring Plankton and Changing Ice Cover (1)
  • Summer Ice Free Conditions (1)
  • Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains 2013 (1)
  • Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains 2014 (1)
  • Thwaites Offshore Research (1)
  • (-) Southern Ocean Diatoms (8)

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