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Virtual Base Camp - Expeditions at a Glance
Welcome to the Virtual Base Camp, the starting point for your exploration of the polar regions with PolarTREC teachers and researchers! PolarTREC expeditions will journey to the Arctic and Antarctic throughout the International Polar Year (2007-2009). Click on an expedition to learn more about a project, read journals, view photos, post questions, and interact with the team.
Expedition Overview
The expedition overview list is available in PDF format below:
 2008 PolarTREC Expedition Overview (PDF - 1.8 MB)
Current Expeditions
There are currently no expeditions in the field.
McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
October 2 - December 2, 2008 | Dry Valleys, Antarctica
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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Development of a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Under Sea Ice Research in Polar Environments
November 1 - December 15, 2008 | McMurdo Station, Antarctica
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Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
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International Expedition to Antarctica aboard the Icebreaker Oden ‘08
November 20 - January 2, 2009 | Southern Oceans, Antarctica
Multidisciplinary Research Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
December 8 - January 12, 2009 | West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide, Antarctica
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Los Angeles Valley College
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Bering Ecosystem Change
March 11 - 28, 2008 | Bering Sea
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- Researcher
- Lee Cooper
- University of Maryland
- Solomons, MD
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- Senior Outreach Manager
- Nora Deans
- North Pacific Research Board
- Anchorage, AK
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BEST: Bering Ecosystem Study
June 30 - August 2, 2008 | Bering Sea
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Project New Start: An Alternative School
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BEST: Denitrification and global change in Bering Sea shelf sediments
March 27 - May 6, 2008 | Bering Sea
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Western Washington University
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Western Washington University
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Radical Chemistry over Sunlit Snow, Summit Greenland
June 1 - July 12, 2008 | Summit, Greenland
Holocene and Modern Climate Change Research in the High Arctic
July 8 - August 16, 2008 | Svalbard, Norway
Biocomplexity and Human-Environment Interactions in the Kuril Islands, Russia
July 9 - September 1, 2008 | Kuril Islands, Russia
Biocomplexity Associated with the Response of Arctic Tundra Carbon Balance to Warming and Drying across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales
June 10 - July 18, 2008 | Barrow, Alaska
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Florida International University
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Florida International University
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Beaufort Gyre Observing System
July 16 - August 21, 2008 | Beaufort Sea
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Central Scotia Seafloor and the Drake Passage Deep Ocean Current Gateway
April 12 - May 27, 2008 | Drake Passage
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University of Texas at Austin
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University of Texas at Austin
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IPY: Collaborative Research on Carbon, Water, and Energy Balance of the Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observatories and in a PanArctic Network
June 24 - July 26, 2008 | Toolik Field Station, Alaska
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
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University of Texas at Arlington
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Nuvuk Archaeology Project: Thule Eskimo Cemetery and Contact Village
July 9 - August 16, 2008 | Barrow, Alaska
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Chester-Andover Elementary School
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Greenland, Denmark, United States Joint Science Education Tour '08
July 6 - 12, 2008 | Greenland
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Representatives from Greenland
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Representatives from Denmark
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Representatives from the U.S.
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