Live from IPY! Special Event Announcement
Web Seminar: International Polar Day - Land and Life
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
9:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (7:00 a.m. HDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, 11:00
a.m. MDT, 12:00 p.m. CDT, 1:00 p.m. EDT, 7:00 p.m. Continental European
Time)
For further information and to register, please go to:
http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview
Or contact:
Kristin Timm, ARCUS
Email: kristin [at] arcus.org
Or:
Janet Warburton, ARCUS
Email: warburton [at] arcus.org
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, is the 5th quarterly International Polar Day,
focusing on "Land and Life." The "Land and Life" theme encompasses a
diverse range of polar science topics, including permafrost, flora,
fauna, and hydrology
(http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/land_life/).
This Live from IPY! event, scheduled at 9:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time
(7:00 a.m. HDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 12:00 p.m. CDT, 1:00
p.m. EDT, 7:00 p.m. Continental European Time), is a real-time web
seminar featuring presentations and discussion on polar "Land and Life"
science. This public web seminar will feature presentations on:
Permafrost (Vladimir Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Tundra
(Elizabeth Eubanks, St. Mark's Catholic School, Florida, and Steve
Oberbauer, Florida International University), Coastal Erosion (Cameron
Wobus, University of Colorado), and Land and Life in Antarctica (Jenny
Baeseman, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Investigator).
Live from IPY! utilizes an Internet platform that supports real-time
online presentations, audio, and chat functions. Events are free and
open to the public. If you would like to participate in this Live from
IPY! event, please register at:
http://www.polartrec.com/live-from-ipy/overview
For further information, please contact:
Kristin Timm, ARCUS
Email: kristin [at] arcus.org
Or:
Janet Warburton, ARCUS
Email: warburton [at] arcus.org
Further information about International Polar Day "Land and Life" events
can be found at:
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/land_life