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Polar landscapes and polar terrestrial ecosystems extend from southern cold maritime islands to dry continental deserts in Antarctica, and from the tree line across the continental tundra to remote northern islands in the Arctic. Ice, in the forms of permafrost, snow and ice cover, plays a dominant role in all these environments, and the biological communities that survive through remarkable adaptations and extensive migration.
On Wednesday, June 18, an IPY Polar Day will be held geared toward teaching members of the public more about the land and life of the polar regions - the land where we live! You can learn more about the science and events that will be taking place around the world at http://www.ipy.org
The Alaska Live Event will take place on Wednesday, June 18 at 9 a.m. ADT. The event involves four researchers and a teacher, all working here in Alaska. Researchers Vladimir Romanovsky of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cameron Wobus of the University of Colorado, Steve Oberbauer of Florida International University and Jenny Baeseman of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists and a McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Station Investigator will join teacher Elizabeth Eubanks of St. Mark’s Catholic School in Boynton Beach, FL, to teach participants about permafrost, coastal erosion, tundra and the dynamic lands of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.
Alaska Live is free and open to the public. Registration can be completed at http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview. For more information write to info@polartrec.com or call 1-907-474-1600.
For more information contact Jenny Baeseman at jbaeseman@gmail.com.
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