A sign out in front of the Pacific Science Center advertising the Polar Science Weekend.
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Sea Ice Research Camp display. |
Mark Ortmeyer and Wendy Ermold set up the salinity taste test.
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A view of the room with most of the Polar Science Weekend exhibits.
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Cecilia Bitz, from the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences, discusses climate modeling with a visitor. |
Representatives from the US Coast Guard describing their role in polar research.
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Graduate student Twila Moon at the glacial flow booth demonstrates how glaciers and ice sheets move using putty to simulate ice.
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Roger Andersen, from the UW Polar Science Center shows pictures and answers questions about fieldwork in the Arctic. |
Graduate student Cecilia Ferriz administers the Salinity Taste Test where people taste water samples and try to tell which water has the highest salinity and which has the lowest. |
Hillary Andersen tests visitor's salinometers. |
Visitors get hands on at the Arctic Research Hut. |
A father and son team try on field gear.
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Dick Moritz, Oceanographer at the Polar Science Center, explains some of the oceanographic, atmospheric and ice measurement equipment used to gather data.
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Christopher Krembs,
Oceanographer at the Polar Science Center, on the demonstration stage talking about the implications for life near the freezing point in sea ice and polar waters. |
Axel Schweiger, Research Scientist at the Polar Science Center, leading the "Life in Sea Ice and Freezing Point Temperature" demonstration. |
Harry Stern, Mathematician at the Polar Science Center, hosts a web chat with Andy Revkin, science reporter with the New York Times where visitor ask Andy (and his son) a question about his work and travels in the North Pole region. |
Mike Steele, Oceanographer at the Polar Science Center, doing the "Extreme Cold" demonstration showing how different things react to the extreme cold of liquid nitrogen. |
Hillary Andersen dumps the left over liquid nitrogen from the Extreme Cold demonstration into the pond at the science center.
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