Celebrate the International Polar Week and join us for 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 program. Participants will have a chance to ask questions and chat with others during the presentation.

 

Event Date:  8 October 2009

 

Event Time: 7:30 am Alaska Daylight Time (5:30 am HST, 8:30 am PDT, 9:30 am MDT, 10:30 am CDT, 11:30 am EDT)

 

Registration:  To register for the event and to receive instructions on how to join, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview

 

For more information about the science expedition, please Ms. Galvan's journals at:

http://www.polartrec.com/polar-bear-response-to-sea-ice-loss

 

Questions? Contact us at:

 

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)

3535 College Road, Suite #101

Fairbanks, AK U.S.A. 99709-3710

Phone: 907-474-1600

Fax: 907-474-1604

 

Websites: http://www.arcus.org; http://www.polartrec.com