Antarctica Week Festival 2024! Get ready for a special focus on Antarctica from December 2nd-6th with our ITGC team. Plan to dig into our many resources: Check out a few videos from some of our team with matching activities; explore the Antarctic Live Portal of resources and short Q&As with Antarctic scientists; visit the Ticket to Antarctica and the Discovering Antarctica websites; and be sure to share your own message by completing the Antarctica Week 2024 Activity just below that you can share with your school, friends and family, and we would love you to share your creations with us too through the online submission form!
Antarctica Week Festival 2024 Activity
Using art, poems, essay, video whatever medium you like, take a moment this Antarctica Week to tell us how you feel about this magical and important place using one of these prompts: “What does Antarctica mean to you?" OR "Why we should all care about Antarctica?" You can use one of the templates we have provided here OR create your own! Share you creations with us by uploading through this google form and our Polar Climate Ambassadors will send back a special response!
Talks for students
Margie Turrin
Grab your cameras and binoculars!
Margie Turrin is Director of Educational Field programs at Lamont-Doherty or Columbia University. Join her to explore what fascinating wildlife you can find in Antarctica. Find out how many different animals live in and around Antarctica and what makes them so special.
(aimed at students aged 5+)
Athena Dinar
Extreme Antarctica - never eat yellow snow!
Athena Dinar is Deputy Head of Communications, British Antarctic Survey. In her trips to Antarctica she has learned what it is like to live and work in Antarctica, how cold is it and what do scientists do there. She can also answer why you eat lots of chocolate and how go to the toilet!
(aimed at students aged 5+)
Dr. Erin Pettit
How to become a polar scientist
Erin Pettit is an Associate Professor at Oregon State University. Join her to find out how to work in polar science on cool projects like ITGC, by listening to this inspirational talk about Dr. Pettit's career path into working on the TARSAN project.
(aimed at students aged 12+)
Dr. Britney Schmidt
Robots in Antarctica
Britney Schmidt is an Associate Professor at Cornell University. Learn about how she and the MELT team deployed the Icefin robot, an underwater ROV/AUV, through a hole drilled in Thwaites Glacier using hot water to collect some incredible ice shelf data!
(aimed at students aged 12+)
Antarctica Live Lessons is a comprehensive portal to a full ITGC Antarctic experience! It includes links to short videos, interactive lessons and activities, and a series of short interviews with Q&As offering a unique opportunity for students to hear from leading ice experts.
The British Antarctic Survey invites you to join their trip! Grab your own Ticket to Antarctica and join this adventure which is underway right now!!
You are invited to Discovering Antarctic through pictures, interactive activities, videos and much more!
