Going Polar!
After two years of anticipation (waiting through the global pandemic) Sarah Johnson, environmental education specialist of Wild Rose Education set out to explore new landscapes and learn from cutting edge scientists. She joined the IABP AK Spring 22 Deployment led by the University of Washington Polar Science Center and the Office of Naval Research International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research in the northern most town in the United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska for nearly 2 weeks, March 27-April 8, 2022.
The science team deployed drifting buoys that collect real-time environmental conditions data (weather, geographic position, and time) and in coordination with the International Arctic Buoy Programme, that maintains a network of drifting buoys in the Arctic Ocean providing meteorological and oceanographic data for real-time operational requirements and research purposes including support to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme. Sarah contributed to the team as a science field assistant and the public relations officer.
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The science team deployed drifting buoys that collect real-time environmental conditions data (weather, geographic position, and time) and in coordination with the International Arctic Buoy Programme, that maintains a network of drifting buoys in the Arctic Ocean providing meteorological and oceanographic data for real-time operational requirements and research purposes including support to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme. Sarah contributed to the team as a science field assistant and the public relations officer.
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Expedition Plan and Events
- March 27 - April 7, 2022 - in the field (on the sea ice) in Utqiagvik, Alaska - read journals
- April 5, 2022 - PolarConnect Live Stream from the Arctic - Watch Recording
- May 18-22, 2022 - Attend Library Community Program in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys (details below)
- December 2022 - Attend AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting with PolarTREC in Chicago
- 2023 and beyond - trips to the Arctic to deploy buoys and facilitate STEM outreach with IABP and Float Your Boat
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Collaborators
International Arctic Buoy Programme, National Science Foundation, University of Washington Polar Science Center, Office of Naval Research International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research (ICE-PPR), University of Maryland, ARCUS PolarTREC, Float Your Boat, and Wild Rose Education
PolarTREC is supported by the National Science Foundation under award 1918637. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the PIs, coordinating team, and participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
PolarTREC is supported by the National Science Foundation under award 1918637. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the PIs, coordinating team, and participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
