Live from IPY event with PolarTREC teacher, Craig Kasemodel 20 March,

Celebrate the International Polar Year! Join us for a Live from IPY event with PolarTREC teacher, Craig Kasemodel on 20 March, 2008. To learn more about Live from IPY events and to register for this event, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview ************************************************************************ March 20, 2008, Live from IPY with PolarTREC teacher Craig Kasemodel and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy, in the Bering Sea. Event starts at 9:00AM Alaska Daylight Time [7AM HDT, 10AM PDT, 11AM MDT, 12PM CDT, 1PM EDT]. To learn more about Live from IPY events and to register for this event, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview Craig Kasemodel is a science and technology teacher at the Central Middle School of Science in Anchorage, Alaska. Craig is aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. He is with a diverse team of researchers participating in the first of three research cruises this spring and summer aboard the USCGC Healy in support of the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST) and the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP). Scientists onboard the ship are documenting late winter ocean conditions, studying the biological communities found in sea ice, examining the early spring plankton bloom, and investigating light penetration through open water and ice cover. Additionally, researchers are examining the benthic communities living on the seafloor as will as observing an important benthic predator, the walrus. To learn more about the research aboard the Healy, visit the project pages at: http://www.polartrec.com/bering-ecosystem-change Janet Warburton PolarTREC Education Project Manager Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) 3535 College Road, Suite #101 Fairbanks, AK U.S.A. 99709-3710 Phone: 907-474-1600, ext. 612 Fax: 907-474-1604 Email: warburton@arcus.org Websites: http://www.arcus.org; http://www.polartrec.com