Science, Literacy, and the Polar Regions

Jessica Fries-GaitherOhio State University

fries-gaither.1@osu.edu

Kulusuk, GreenlandNick Russill, Flickr

Scott tent at a field camp, AntarcticaMike Cheadle, National Science Foundation

Northern lights over GreenlandNick Russill, Flickr

Nacreous Clouds above Ross Island, AntarcticaChad Carpenter, National Science Foundation

Autumn Tundra in AlaskaJim Laundre, Arctic LTER

The McMurdo Dry Valleys, AntarcticaPeter Rejcek, National Science Foundation

Polar bear cubsUS Fish and Wildlife Service

A researcher watches an Emperor PenguinKristan Hutchinson, National Science Foundation

A glacier in AlaskaSteve Wall, Flickr

Icebergs in McMurdo Sound, AntarcticaKris Kuenning, National Science Foundation

An Inuit women fishesfor Tom CodUS Fish and Wildlife Service

US Antarctic Program participantDJ Jennings, National Science Foundation

An icebreaker on the Arctic OceanChris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Geologists in the Transantarctic MountainsJohn Goodge, University of Minnesota

A juvenile humpback whale off the Antarctic PeninsulaSue Sheridan

A caribou on the Arctic tundraCode Poet, Flickr

Pancake ice forms on both the Arctic and Southern OceansZee Evans, National Science Foundation

Mt. Erebus, Antarctica’s most active volcanoNick Powell, National Science Foundation

Thank you!

Jessica Fries-Gaitherfries-gaither.1@osu.edu

http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org/

Funded by the National Science Foundation