On 25 August, teacher Svea Anderson gave a presentation on the highlights from her PolarTREC expedition at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum at their annual Teacher Appreciation Night.
Gary Wesche, a PolarTREC teacher and board president of the Blue River Watershed Association, operated a community cleanup along with more than 30 of his students at St. John Francis Regis School. The head of the EPA was also on hand for the event.
This underwater movie shows the ROV or Remotely Operated Vehicle, SCINI (Submersible Capable of Under Ice Navigation and Imaging) working under the ice in Antarctica.