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Project Acronym: GYGY | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5011
ins.: 2009-04-10 02:00, 16 yrs ago

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Elgygytgyn

Elgygytgyn: 2009-04-10
Tim Martin, middle school Earth Science teacher from Greensboro Day ...

Tim Martin, middle school Earth Science teacher from Greensboro Day School, North Carolina, is participating in a portion of the Lake E field operations are part of the US NSF Polar TREC Program (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating). Tim is learning about all aspects of the project providing summaries of everything from the Drilling operations and science planning to camp life and observations about the El'gygytgyn crater. Today with the assistance of ARCUS in Fairbanks, Alaska, Tim and PI Julie BG held an "webinar" that included an short on-line powerpoint presentation and question and answers over the iridium phone. More than 200 children from 4th grade to high school age logged in along with teachers and others from across the country. Questions came in from kids in Virginia as well as California about all aspects of the Lake E project.
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