Article about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers’ visit to Bailey Station Elementary to discuss her upcoming expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Article about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eiler’s visit to Chillicothe Public Library to discuss her upcoming expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
The sediment in Lake El'gygytgyn, (pronounced EL-ge-GIT-gin) located in NE Siberia, holds one of the longest records of climate change anywhere in the continental Arctic. How does sediment (clay and mud) tell us something about past climate? Proxy data! By studying the microfossils of diatoms and pollen in the sediment, we can re-construct the lake environment millions of
Lake El'gygytgyn (also called, Lake E) permafrost drilling started in mid-November of 2008. The ICDP (International Continental Drilling Program) is posting news reports and images to this blog several times each week. Check out early reports from Lake E.