When you put on layers to stay warm in the winter, or use a cooler to keep food cool, have you ever wondered about the science of thermal energy transfer? Challenge your students to utilize their understanding of thermal energy transfer and transformation to develop a simple, lightweight, and efficient method for storing and transporting ice cores.

MOSAiC's Ice Camp

Check out this interactive graphic showing the small city of instruments and facilities that will be set up on the ice!

A view of RV Akademik Fedorov, a Russian icebreaker that will accompany RV Polarstern up to the sea ice and help set up a network of equipment around the Polarstern. Photo: Chris Marsay/UGA
Hello from Tromso! I’ve spent the past few days in northern Norway helping to set up the RV Polarstern for its year-long expedition to the Arctic Ocean for the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) project.
This edition of MOSAiC Monday features a Planetarium show trailer, a map where you and your students can track the Polarstern, and more.
Two CU Boulder graduate students, funded by NSF, are producing a planetarium show about the expedition.
Polarstern in Antarctica in 2013. Photo: Stefan Hendricks/Alfred Wegener Institute
Science reporter Eli Kintish writes about the international mission to study Arctic climate (article may have paywall).
Arctic sea ice lead, low sun
The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on the planet, with enormous implications for the future of global climate.