[Sosfbay-discuss] Friday in Mtn View: Stories from a Changing Planet

[Tian Harter]

  Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:18 pm (PST)

POLAR-PALOOZA 'Stories from a Changing Planet'
on October 26, 2007 at 7 p.m.

Get a feel for life on the world's icy edges when POLAR-PALOOZA visits 
Ames on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., in Bldg. 943. Admission is free and 
open to the public. A team of six scientists and Arctic residents will 
tell personal stories of life and research in polar regions, supported 
by dramatic high definition video footage. POLAR-PALOOZA seeks to 
inspire diverse audiences across America to better appreciate the many 
ways the rapidly changing Arctic and Antarctic affect the health and 
functioning of the entire Earth system.

The entire 'Stories from a Changing Planet' team comprises researchers 
and Alaskan residents representing experts on ice, Earth history, 
penguins, polar bears, climate change, the oceans and subsistence living 
on the coast or in the Alaskan interior. The presentation includes 
authentic artifacts (ice cores, parkas, etc.) and high definition 
videotape filmed on location at the poles.

For an overview of all of the POLAR-PALOOZA multi-media events and 
activities, go to http://passporttoknowledge.com/polar-palooza For more 
on International Polar Year, visit http://www.ipy.org

(This is the only stop for Polar Palooza in the South Bay. It will also 
go to Chabot Science Center and Lawrence Hall of Science in the East Bay 
10/27 - 28.)

POLAR-PALOOZA is made possible by support from NSF, the National Science 
Foundation, and by NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and is an 
official International Polar Year activity. POLAR-PALOOZA is produced by 
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, P2K, which is solely responsible for its content.


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Tian
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