I had the pleasure of talking to Tom Lewis —musician, seasoned naval crewman, and grand storyteller who travels to Europe, Canada and the United States sharing his songs about the sea.
In preparation for our May 2009 podcast, I was looking at the Ocean Literacy Network website. This network consists of […]

Benjamin Leigh Smith, an Arctic explorer in the late 1800’s, was leading his crew back home to England when his ship hit ice and started to sink. With winter approaching, the passage they were traveling through became impassable, so the crew had to set up camp and wait out the long winter before venturing […]

The National Ice Center reported last week that a passageway opened up due to retreating sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, rendering an open ring of potentially navigable ocean around the Arctic ice cap. According to the National Ice Center, “This is the first recorded occurrence of the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route both […]

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The National Science Digital Library is starting up its professional development series of free web seminars for educators in partnership with the National Science Teachers Association again on […]

New York Times journalist Andrew Revkin recently wrote an interesting article about the ongoing tension between journalistic and scientific reporting of research, specifically addressing issues related to global warming and other “hot topics” in the news. With such attention given to these issues that lend themselves to alluring headlines and controversial discussions, Revkin […]