Celebrate the International Polar Year and Join Us for Live from IPY!

Interact with PolarTREC teachers and researchers from the Bering Sea, Summit, Greenland and Barrow, Alaska! Ask questions and view photos. Anyone can register for these upcoming events and participation is free! To read more about the expeditions go to the PolarTREC website at www.polartrec.com. **************************** Live Event Information **************************** You may register for live events below at the following website: http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/registration You will be sent detailed instructions for joining the live events once you have registered. The following events are available for registration. ************************************************************************ ********* Live from IPY with researcher Jackie Grebmeier in the Northern Bering Sea ************************************************************************ ********* 18 May 2007 7:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (5:00 a.m. HDT; 8:00 a.m. PDT; 9:00 a.m. MDT; 10:00 a.m. CDT; 11:00 a.m. EDT). 12 June 2007 9:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (7:00 a.m. HDT; 10:00 a.m. PDT; 11:00 a.m. MDT; 12:00 p.m. CDT; 1:00 p.m. EDT) ************************************************************************ ********* Live from IPY with researcher Jackie Grebmeier and PolarTREC Project Manager Janet Warburton in the Northern Bering Sea ************************************************************************ ********* 29 May 2007 8:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (6:00 a.m. HDT; 9:00 a.m. PDT; 10:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. CDT; 12:00 p.m. EDT). ************************************************************************ ********* Live from IPY with teacher Jo Dodds and researcher Mary Albert at Summit, Greenland ************************************************************************ ********* 22 May 2007 8:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (6:00 a.m. HDT; 9:00 a.m. PDT; 10:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. CDT; 12:00 p.m. EDT). 1 June 2007 7:30 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (5:30 a.m. HDT; 8:30 a.m. PDT; 9:30 a.m. MDT; 10:30 a.m. CDT; 11:30 a.m. EDT). ************************************************************************ ********* Live from IPY with teacher Rob Wilder and researcher Steven Oberbauer in Barrow, Alaska ************************************************************************ ********* 22 June 2007 11:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (9:00 a.m. HDT; 12:00 p.m. PDT; 1:00 p.m. MDT; 2:00 p.m. CDT; 3:00 p.m. EDT). Duration: ~ 45 minutes For these events, we will be using the webinar interface, HorizonWimba, which allows presentation of PowerPoint slides over the Internet during a conference call, and includes other useful functions such as online chat and polling features. To take full advantage of the webinar you will need telephone and Internet access. If you do not have Internet access, however, you can simply join the conference call. The webinars will be archived online after the completion of the live sessions. Instructions on how to view an archived event will be posted on the PolarTREC website following each event. For more information, contact Katie Breen or Janet Warburton or call the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) at 907-474-1600.