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The story so far: 5 Division 1 teachers will leave for Barrow, Alaska on June 30th, stopping over in Anchorage for a couple of days on the way, and spending a week in Barrow. Our goal is to find out all we can about Barrow, the people who live there and how climate change is affecting their lives. We will be meeting with residents from the Inupiat community and research scientists working up in the area. We plan to come away with ideas for curriculum we can use in our classes and share with other schools.
The whole trip is being funded by the National Science Foundation thanks to a great deal of work securing the grant by Parker parent Hal Salzman whose work as a research sociologist takes him frequently to Barrow .
The lucky Parker teachers making this trip are Matt, Amanda and Janet from Div1AH and Molly and Judy from Div1MST. None of us have been anywhere close to this far north before .
Check out Barrow on a map-its the most northerly bit of America up above the arctic circle.
We hope this blog will serve as a journal of our trip but we are also keen to hear from you.
What do you want to know about Barrow, the Inupiat culture, the arctic, sea ice ,polar bears,permafrost, no sunset, whales... ?
Blog us you questions and we'll try to get answers for them
Several cultures around the North Pole has
ReplyDeletesimilar names - Ainu, Inuit, etc. I had
a fabulous vacation in Hokkaido, Japan in 1983.
Drove around the whole island of Hokkaido, visiting the northernmost tiny islands (Rebun, Rishiri), by ferry from Wakanai, Hokkaido.
Out of a tiny fishing village one morning, we saw thousands of small boats headed into the disputed waters between Sakahalin (Russia) and Japan.
Hi: I am a long-time Barrow researchers. For additional background, have a look at two local web sites:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.baid.utep.edu/
http://www.arcticscience.org
See details about the Barrow Environmental Observatory (annual reports) and the Arctic Schoolyard project which connects you to other Long-term ecological projects around the U.S.
Since I live in Woods Hole, MA, perhaps we can get together in the Fall and discuss projects with the Barrow schools.
Have a great visit.
Jerry Brown, Chair
Barrow Environmental Observatory
PS. If curious the TSP stands for Thermal State of Permafrost; not unrelated to Barrow.