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AN: ED21B-1215    [PDF]
TI: Live from the Arctic
AU: Warnick, W K
EM: warnick@arcus.org
AF: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK 99709 United States
AU: * Haines-Stiles, G
EM: ghs@passporttoknowledge.com
AF: PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, P.O. Box 1587, Morristown, NJ 07962-1587 United States
AU: Warburton, J
EM: janet@arcus.org
AF: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK 99709 United States
AU: Sunwood, K
EM: sunwood@arcus.org
AF: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK 99709 United States
AB: For reasons of geography and geophysics, the poles of our planet, the Arctic and Antarctica, are places where climate change appears first: they are global canaries in the mine shaft. But while Antarctica (its penguins and ozone hole, for example) has been relatively well-documented in recent books, TV programs and journalism, the far North has received somewhat less attention. This project builds on and advances what has been done to date to share the people, places, and stories of the North with all Americans through multiple media, over several years.\\ In a collaborative project between the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) and PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, Live from the Arctic will bring the Arctic environment to the public through a series of primetime broadcasts, live and taped programming, interactive virtual field trips, and webcasts. The five-year project will culminate during the 2007-2008 International Polar Year (IPY). Live from the Arctic will:\\ A. Promote global understanding about the value and world -wide significance of the Arctic,\\ B. Bring cutting-edge research to both non-formal and formal education communities,\\ C. Provide opportunities for collaboration between arctic scientists, arctic communities, and the general public.\\ Content will focus on the following four themes.\\ 1. Pan-Arctic Changes and Impacts on Land (i.e. snow cover; permafrost; glaciers; hydrology; species composition, distribution, and abundance; subsistence harvesting)\\ 2. Pan-Arctic Changes and Impacts in the Sea (i.e. salinity, temperature, currents, nutrients, sea ice, marine ecosystems (including people, marine mammals and fisheries)\\ 3. Pan-Arctic Changes and Impacts in the Atmosphere (i.e. precipitation and evaporation; effects on humans and their communities)\\ 4. Global Perspectives (i.e. effects on humans and communities, impacts to rest of the world)\\ In The Earth is Faster Now, a recent collection of comments by members of indigenous arctic peoples, arctic residents speak in eloquent terms of the changes they see around them, manifested in new patterns of vegetation, the melting of permafrost and the absence of game species that used to be abundant. Meanwhile, new satellites and more sophisticated sensors on the ground and in the ice, add scientific testimony that seems to support and even extend native perceptions. Live from the Arctic will unify both perspectives, and use todays most powerful and effective communications media to connect young people and general audiences all across America to researchers and communities living and working in the Arctic. During IPY there will be a level of interest in the Polar regions unprecedented in a generation. Live from the Arctic offers unique resources to satisfy that curiosity, and encourage active participation and engagement in understanding some of Earths most significant peoples, places and rapidly changing conditions.
UR: http://www.arcus.org
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 9315 Arctic region
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting