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Current Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Keri Rodgers and the research team as they study tundra in northern Alaska! Follow the Expedition!
Current Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Keri Rodgers and the research team a
Upcoming Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Josh Dugat and the research team as they investigate the permafrost active layer at various research sites across Northern Alaska. Follow the Expedition!
Permafrost
Current Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Karl Horeis and the research team as they travel to a remote site in Northwestern Alaska to study early inhabitants of the arctic! Follow the Expedition!
Current Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Karl Horeis and the research team as
Join PolarTREC Teacher, Claude Larson and the research team as they study archeology on the Kamchatka Peninsula of eastern Russia! Dates: 3 July – 3 August 2010 Follow the Expedition!
Join PolarTREC Teacher, Claude Larson and the research team as they study archeo
Upcoming Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Bill Schmoker and the research team onboard the Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy as they traverse the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas. Follow the Expedition!
Upcoming Expedition! Join PolarTREC Teacher, Bill Schmoker and the research team
Current Expedition! Join Cheryl Forster and the research team as they study the glaciers and geology of the Svalbard Islands in the high arctic! Follow the Expedition!
Current Expedition! Join Cheryl Forster and the research team as they study the

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Prehistoric Human Response to Climate Change 2010
High Arctic Change 2010
Early Human Settlement in Arctic Alaska
Tundra Plants in a Changing Climate

All previous PolarTREC expeditions are listed below in chronological order.

2010

Greenland Education Tour 10

2009

CReSIS Aerial Survey of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Dissolved Organic Matter in Antarctica
IceCube: In-ice Antarctic Telescope
Ice Core Drilling in West Antarctica
Antarctic Undersea ROV 09
Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice
Polar Bear Response to Sea Ice Loss
Alaska Climate Variation 09
Seabird Ecology in the Bering Sea
High Arctic Change 09
Greenland Education Tour 09
Summer Ice-free Conditions
CReSIS Greenland Ice Sheet Studies
Prehistoric Human Response to Climate Change
Spring Plankton and Changing Ice Cover
Geologic Climate Research in Siberia
Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snowpack Interactions
Early Spring Plankton and Benthos

2008

Measuring East Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability
Oden Antarctic Expedition 08
Erebus Volcano Antarctica
Ancient Buried Ice in Antarctica
Antarctic Undersea ROV 08
Lake Ecosystems in Antarctica
Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea
Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
Kuril Islands Biocomplexity 08
High Arctic Change 08
Greenland Education Tour 08
Bering Ecosystem Study 08
Changing Tundra Landscapes
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Greenland Atmospheric Studies
Bering Sea Benthic Studies
Bering Ecosystem Change
Drake Passage Opening
Antarctic Weather Stations
South Pole Ozone Changes
Antarctic Ice Sheet Studies
Human Impacts in Antarctica

2007

Oden Antarctic Expedition 07
Antarctic Undersea ROV
SIMBA Antarctic Sea Ice
Alaska Climate Variation
Climate Change Svalbard
Greenland Seabird Ecology
Kuril Islands Biocomplexity
Greenland Education Tour
Arctic Tundra Dynamics
Bering Sea Predators
Greenland Snow Studies
Bering Ecosystem Study
SEDNA Beaufort Sea Ice
Oden Antarctic Expedition 06

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