Mrs. Gleason is back and excited to share her Antarctica experience with everyone.

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Tune in to hear Mrs. Gleason talk about her work in Antarctica
Thursday January 17 at 7:30am  on WAAM(1600AM)
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Thursday, January 17, 7:00- 8:00 pm
Bach School Multi-Purpose Room.

Bach families and Ann Arbor community members are invited to attend a slideshow where Mrs. Gleason will share images, stories and science from the frozen continent.
All are welcome!

From January through April 2008, the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History will celebrate the International Polar Year with a museum theme semester, SCIENCE AT THE POLES.
Featuring exhibits, lectures, Science Cafés, family programs, workshops, and more, the program highlights U-M polar research and also welcomes experts from afar to share their findings from these final frontiers on Earth.   All events are free and open to the public.

Antarctica’s Climate Secrets:  One Teacher’s Story
On display on the Museum’s fourth floor January 18 through April 2008
This exhibit explores Ann Arbor 4th grade teacher Robin Frisch-Gleason’s recent trip to Antarctica as part of the Antarctic Drilling Project (ANDRILL).


Tuesday, February 19
7:30 pm
AN ARMCHAIR JOURNEY THROUGH ANTARCTICA AND THE ANTARCTIC GEOLOGIC DRILLING PROGRAM (ANDRILL)
Robin Frisch-Gleason, Ann Arbor Public Schools
Reception following


  Get to know Mrs. Gleason

Mrs. Gleason in the Ann Arbor News




The Today Show was at McMurdoo and Mrs. Gleason met Ann Curry!
(CLICK ON THE GLOBE)
Videos of the Today Show Coverage
Click on the link above to see video replay of all  of the Today Show coverage of Antarctica.  Choose any of the video selections. They are in order by date they appeared on the show.  Click on the + sign and it will add to your playlist. You can PLAY these videos in the window to the right hand side of the page.


Mrs. Gleason sends hugs during the Today Show.





Mrs. Gleason and Italian scientist Eleonara Strada call Bach from McMurdo on November 5


Read the latest news from Mrs. Gleason:

Journal 1:Gidday, mates! Greetings from
Christchurch, New Zealand, on the South Island.
Journal 2: Getting Ready for the Ice
Journal 3:Survival School
Journal 4:  Bach Spirit at the South Pole!
Journal 5: Greetings from McMurdo
Journal 6: Brush with Fame
Journal 7:  Sunrise, Sunset
Journal 8: Off for the Field!
Journal 9: Memoirs from the Field
Journal 10: Farewell from Antarctica
       
                     

Click on the penguins  to learn more about the
Andrill project in Antarctica.


                                         "Project Iceberg
                                                                                            

Read Mrs. Gleason's Blog

 
Read Postcards from Antarctica

                                             


Browse the McMurdo Ice Shelf Photo collection


Video Journals of the project


Paper Chain Questions

	Look at these sites for answers  to the questions on the paper chain
International Polar Year  Sea Ice	National Geographic
Island to Ice	Miami University of Ohio Antarctic Resources
U.S. Antarctic Project	Windows to the Universe/Polar Regions
BBC Cool Antarctic	Science from the Poles
University of Chicago Virtual Tour of Antarctica	Cool Antarctica School Resources
Molly Miller's Adventures in Antarctica	Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages
Penguin Books	NASA Images of Antarctica
U.S. Geological Survey Map and Info

Photos from the ANDRILL drilling site

Drill site from a distance	Bach Spirit at the drill site
Looking up the drill mast	Exposed blue ice

Photos from New Zealand

These Photos from Blog #5
Photos from the Happy Camper School and the Ice
Terrabus
Science at Work in McMurdo
Paleomagnetist at work	Closeup look at the core
Core tour	Clasts in core

Photos from the Field
Helio Ride	Pisten Bully
Granite Harbor Camp	Robin with Emperor Penguins
Ice Cave	Weddell Seals