Polar News and Notes Upcoming Opportunities

Celebrate the International Polar Week with a real-time live event with PolarTREC teacher, Cristina Galvan and the University of Wyoming scientists led by Dr. Merav Ben-David. The team is currently studying polar bear response to sea ice loss in the Arctic Ocean.
This event is free, open to the public, and hosted by ARCUS through the PolarTREC […]

The International Polar Year Youth Time Capsule Project Committee is holding a writing contest for Pan-Arctic youth, and is calling for submissions about life in the north that will be included in the IPY Time Capsule, to be re-opened 25 years from now.
The IPY Time Capsule Project is a youth-led initiative, aimed at involving northern […]

The ExploraVision competition, now in its 18th year, is an annual event that awards more than $240,000 in savings bonds each year to the winning teams. K-12 students in small groups (2-4), led by a teacher/coach, create a vision of a future technology relevant to their lives or to society in general.
A team project can […]

Have you ever thought about shipping out to sea? This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association program is accepting applications from K–12 teachers for the 2010 field season. The program provides a unique environment for learning and teaching by sending kindergarten through college teachers to sea aboard NOAA research and survey ships to work under the […]

The program office of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 (IPY) has announced two Polar Weeks in coming months, October 2009 and March 2010. The theme will be: What Happens at the Poles Affects Us All. Polar weeks were a regular feature during the two years of concentrated scientific and exploring programs in the most recent […]