IceBridge scientists will collaborate with other groups
doing research in the region, such as the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Engineering Laboratory
in Hanover, N.H., and the Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL) in Washington. The laboratories are working
together to collect snow depth measurements on Elson
Lagoon near Barrow, Alaska, to help NRL evaluate a snow
radar they are using.
Joining the IceBridge team are three teachers who will
spend time working with the researchers to learn about
polar science. High school science teachers from
Libertyville, Illinois; Aalborg, Denmark; and Sisimiut,
Greenland, will spend time aboard the P-3B during
IceBridge survey flights.
IceBridge is providing these teachers with a research
experience they can use to better teach science and
inspire their students to study scientific fields. The
teachers' involvement is the result of a partnership
with the U.S. State Department, the governments of
Denmark and Greenland, and the National Science
Foundation-funded Polar Teachers and Researchers
Exploring and Collaborating program.
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