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Michele Adams (2001/2002)
Musselman Middle School, Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Forming Ocean Crust at Gakkel Ridge with Dr. Peter Michael


Myrtle Brijbasi (1998/1999)
Suitland High School, Forestville, Maryland
River Otters & Oil Contamination with Dr. Merav Ben-David


David E. Brown (2003/2004)
St. Peter School, Quincy, Illinois
Arctic Environmental Observatory with Lee W. Cooper & Jacqueline M. Grebmeier


Tim Buckley (1998/1999)
Barrow High School, Barrow, Alaska
Chemical & Biological Analyses of Arctic Pack Ice with Dr. Deb Meese


Betty Carvellas (2002/2003)
Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vermont
The Shelf-Basin Initiative (SBI) with Dr. Jackie Grebmeier


April Cheuvront (2002/2003)
Table Rock Middle School, Morganton, North Carolina
Snow, Weather, and Shrubs--Pathways of Change in the Arctic with Matthew Sturm


Timothy Conner (1998/1999)
Chenango Forks Central School, Chenango Forks, New York
Archaeologic Dig in Deering, Alaska with Dr. Glenn Sheehan


Kathy Couchon (2003/2004 Armada Project)
Narragansett Pier Middle School, Rhode Island
Integrated Ocean Drilling Project's Arctuc Coring Expedition


Besse Dawson (2000/2001)
Pearland High School, Pearland, Texas
Seasonal Differences in Air - Snow Chemical Relationships
Summit, Greenland with Dr. Jack Dibb


Christine Donovan (2001/2002)
Desert View High School, Tucson, Arizona
Regional Variability in Carbon and Energy Fluxes: Toward Global Synthesis with Dr. Walt Oechel


Ethan Forbes (2001/2002)
Butterfield School, Orange, Massachusetts
Late Prehistoric Cultural Dynamics and the Subsistence Parameters of Whaling at Wales, Alaska with Dr. Roger K. Harritt


Amie K. Foster (2003/2004)
Simmons Middle School, Aurora, Illinois
Investigating Change in the Nearshore Kotzebue Sound Ecosystem with Lisa Clough, Ph.D., Jeffrey Johnson, Ph.D. and David Griffith, Ph.D.


Dena Gershon (2001/2002)
Lanai Road School, North Hollywood, California
Change and Its Impact on Culture, Economy and Identity in Three North Bering Strait Slaskan Inupiat Societies with Dr. Carol Zane Jolles


Marvin Giesting (2000/2001)
Connersville High School, Connersville, Indiana
Dye Tracer Study of the Matanuska Glacier Subglacial Hydrologic System
Matanuska Glacier, Alaska with Dr. Edward Evenson, Lehigh University


Shannon Graham (2002/2003)
Washington School for the Deaf, Vancouver, Washington
Measurement and Modeling of the Variability of Lake Ice Growth and Decay in Alaska with Dr. Martin O. Jeffries, PhD and Kim Morris


Kim Hanisch (2002/2003)
Ogallala High School, Ogallala, Nebraska
Breeding Biology of King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis)and Other Birds in the Vicinity of Teshekpuk Lake with Robert Suydam


Ron Hochstrasser (2002/2003)
Sycamore Community High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Insect Adaptation to Polar Climate with Dr. Jack Duman and Dr. Brian Barnes


Michele Hauschulz (1999/2000)
Waianae High School, Waianae, Hawaii
Breeding Biology of Steller's Eiders in Barrow, Alaska with Dr. Robert Suydam


Todd Hindman (2000/2001)
Anvil City Science Academy, Nome, Alaska
Mooring and Coring - Scientific Testing on the Icebreaker USCGC Healy
U.S.C.G Healy with Dr. Lisa Clough and Dr. Larry Lawver


Chuck Kim (1996/1997)
Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Antenna Array Installation for Monitoring Atmospheric Changes in Greenland with Dr. Denise Thorsen


Susan Klinkhammer (2000/2001)
Lincoln School, Corvallis, Oregon
Sea Ice Trials aboard the U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker Healy
U.S.C.G Healy with Dr. Kelly Falkner


Catherine Koehler (2000/2001)
Manchester High School, Manchester, Connecticut
Greenland with Konrad Steffen, University of Colorado at Boulder


Sandra Kolb (2000/2001)
Educational Consultant, Poulsbo, Washington
Icebreaking performance of the USCGC Healy
Terry Tucker, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory


Terry Lashley (1997/1998)
Exploring Arctic Aquatic Ecosystems at Toolik Field Station, Alaska with Dr. John Hobbie


Lars Long (2003/2004)
DeLong Middle School, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Greenland's Ice Sheet: Tales of the Past and a Look into the Future with Joe McConnell


Scott McComb (2001/2002 and 2004)
Franklin Alternative Middle School, Columbus, Ohio
Using Seismic Reflection and Ground-Penetrating Radar to Examine Shallow Stratigraphy of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska with Dr. Greg Baker (2001/2002)
Study pollutants in Arctic freshwater systems with Yu-Ping Chin from The Ohio State University.(2004)


Dora Gilmore Nelson (2003/2004)
Carolina Day School, Asheville, North Carolina
HARC - Human Dimensions of Arctic Systems with Amanda Lynch


John Nevins (1997/1998)
Crandon High School, Crandon, Wisconsin
The Active Layer in the Arctic Tundra - Possible Implications for Global Warming: Kuparuk River Basin with Dr. Fritz Nelson


Marge Porter (1994/1995)
Somers High School, Somers Connecticut
Lake Ice Formation and Heat Flux with Dr. Martin Jefferies


Donald Rogers (1998/1999)
Rogers High School, Spokane, Washington
Influence of Arctic Tundra on the Atmosphere with Dr. Fritz Nelson


James Rogers (2003/2004)
Polson High, Polson, Montana
CTD/Hydrographic and Underway Service Measurements for the Shelf-Basin Interactions Phase II Field Project with Dr. James Swift


Janice Rosenberg (2000/2001)
Wellington School, Belmont, Massachusetts
Sea Ice Trials aboard the U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker Healy
U.S.C.G Healy with Dr. Kelly Falkner


Dena Rosenberger (2001/2002)
El Capitan High School, Lakeside, California
Sources of Parcticles Over the Arctic Ocean and their Climactic Relevance with Dr. Patricia Matrai


Jay Schauer (2000/2001)
Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville, Oregon
Mooring and Coring - Scientific Testing on the Icebreaker USCGC Healy
U.S.C.G Healy with Dr. Lisa Clough and Dr. Larry Lawver


Robert Schlichting (1999/2000)
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Vancouver, Washington
Outbursts Flood from an Ice-Dammed Lake at Kennicott Glacier with Dr. Andrew Fountain (1999/2000)
Investigation of Englacial Condiut Formation and Evolution with Dr. Andrew Fountain (2001)


Kathie Stevens (2001/2002)
Farragut Primary School, Knoxville, Tennessee
Hydrographic Change and Effects on Bivalve Communities and Top Avian Consumers in the Bering Sea with Dr. Jackie M. Grebmeier, Dr. Lee Cooper and Dr. Jim Lovvorn


Dallas Trople (2002/2003)
Sedro-Woolley High Schoo,Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Seismic Study using Ground Penetrating Radarwith Dr. Greg Baker


Elizabeth Youngman (2001/2002)
Phoenix Country Day School, Paradise Valley, AZ
Snowpack and Atmospheric Photochemistry with Dr. Roger Bales


Anne Zellinger (1999/2000 and 2000/2001)
Kahuku High and Intermediate School, Kahuku, Hawaii


Peter Amati (1992, 1999)
Holliston High School, Massachusetts
Sea Ice Investigations in Weddell Sea Aboard R/V N.B. Palmer with Dr. Tony Gow
A Cold Desert Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) McMudro Dry Valleys with Dr. W. Berry Lyons


Frederick Atwood (1998/1999)
Flint Hill School, Oakton, Virginia
Antifreeze in Antarctic Fish with Dr. David Petzel


Lori Bachle(1998/1999)
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
Antifreeze in Antarctic Fish with Dr. David Petzel


Shawn Beightol (1998/1999)
Turner Technical Arts High School, Miami, Florida
Exploring Deep Sea Ridges in Bransfield Basin with Dr. Klinkhammer


Carole Bennett (1996/1997)
Gaither High School, Florida
Measuring Snow Accumulation and Change on the Ross Ice Shelf with Dr. David Braaten


Elke Bergholz (1998/1999)
United Nations International School, New York, New York
Monitoring Climate Change at South Pole Station with Dr. David Hoffman


Sue Bowman (1998/1999)
Lebanon High School, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Antarctic Astrophysics - Program AMANDA at South Pole Station with Dr. Buford Price


Colleen B. Brogenski (2003/2004)
St. John's School, Houston, Texas
Mt. Erebus with Dr. Philip Kyle


Margaret Brumsted (1996/1997)
Dartmouth High School, Rhode Island
Ozone and the Impact of Ultraviolet Radiation on Phytoplankton in the Antarctic Peninsula Region aboard R/V Polar Duke with Dr. Wade Jeffrey


Andy Caldwell (2002/2003)
Douglas County High School , Castle Rock, Colorado
Antarctic Search for Meteorites with Dr. Ralph Harvey and Dr. Nancy Chabot


Marietta Cleckley (2001/2002)
Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Human Disturbance - McMurdo Station, Antarctica with Dr. Mahlon C. Kennicutt


Susan Cowles (2001/2002)
Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon
Long-Term Ecological Research Project at Palmer Station, Antarctic Penisula with Dr. Hugh Ducklow and Dr. Rebecca Dickhut


Jennifer Curtis (2001/2002)
Shoultes Elementary School, Marysville, WA
TransAntarctic Mountains SEISmic Experiement (TAMSEIS), a broadband seismic experiment to investigate deep continental structure across the East-West Antarctic boundary with Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dr. Andrew Nyblade and Dr. Douglas Wiens


Besse Dawson (1997/1998 and 2000/2001)
Pearland High School, Pearland, Texas
Exploring the Critical Role of Bacterioplankton in the Ecosystem of the Antarctica Ocean aboard the R/V L. Gould with Dr. David Karl


John Deaton (2003/2004)
Raytheon Polar Services, McMurdo Station, Antarctica


Mary Ann DeMello (2002/2003)
John W. Rogers Middle School, Rockland, Massachusetts
Millennial Scale Fluctuation of Dry Valley Lakes: A Test of Regional Climate Variability and the Interhemispheric (A) Synchrony with Dr. Brenda Hall


Elissa Elliott (1998/1999)
Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota
Dry Valleys with Dr. Christian Fritsen


Susy Ellison (2003/2004)
Yampah Mountain High School, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
PATTERNS AND PROCESSES: DYNAMICS OF THE EREBUS BAY WEDDELL SEAL POPULATION with Dr. Robert A. Garrott and Dr. Jay Rotella


Robin Ellwood (2003/2004)
Rye Junior High School, Rye, New Hampshire
The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Project with Peter Doran


Fred Fotsch (2001/2002)
Glendale High School, Springfield Missouri
Astronomy at the South Pole with Dr. Al Harper and Dr. Jim Swietzer


Jan French (2001/2002)
Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio
International Trans-Antarctic Seintific Expedition (ITASE) with Dr. Paul Mayewski and Dr. Gordon Hamilton


Tom Geelan (1997/1998)
Buffalo, New York
Antarctic Echinoderm Development - Survival Through the Long, Dark Winter with Dr. Donal Manahan


Elizabeth Gibbs (2003/2004 Armada Project)
Thompson Middle School, Newport, Rhode Island


Kim Giesting (1997/1998)
Connersville High School, Connersville, Indiana
Growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet During the Last Ice Age - Clues to the Future? Investigation from the R/V N.B. Palmer with Dr. John Anderson


Sharon Harris (1999/2000)
Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Control of Denitrification in a Permanently Ice Covered Antarctic Dry Valleys Lake with Dr. Bess Ward


Jerrilynn Hollyfield (2002/2003)
McElwain Elementary School, Birmingham, Alabama
Chemical Ecology of Shallow Water Marine Macroalgae & Invertabrates on the Antarctic Peninsula with Dr. Charles Amsler and Dr. James McClintock

Joanna Hubbard (1999/2000)
Hanshew Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska
Chemical Ecology of Shallow-water Marine Algae and Invertebrates
Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Station with Dr. Chuck Amsler


Louise Huffman (2002/2003)
Kennedy Junior High School, Naperville, Illinois
Ecological Processes in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: The Abundance and Species Distribution of Algal Mats in Glacial Meltwater Streams in Taylor Valley, Antarctica with Dr. Diane McKnight and Dr. Daryl Moorhead


Paul Jones (2000/2001)
Montezuma Community Schools, Montezuma, Iowa
Monitoring Meltwater Stream Flow Changes and How They Influence the Dry Valleys' Ecosystem with Dr. Berry Lyons


Richard Jones (2000/2001)
Billings Senior High School, Billings, Montana
Climate Processes Involving Longwave Radiation with Dr. Steve Warren (University of Washington) and Dr. Von Walden (University of Idaho)


Tina King (2001/2002)
West Elementary School, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Seasonal Dynamics of Giant Agglutinated Foraminifera with Dr. Samuel S. Bower


Sandi Kolb
Communications Operator at South Pole Station


Kolene Krysl (2000/2001)
Millard Central Middle School, Omaha, Nebraska
Weddell Seal Colonies with Dr. Donald Siniff (University of Minnesota)


Michael Lampert (2003/2004)
West Salem High School, Salem, Oregon
Measurements addressing quantitative ozone loss, polar stratospheric cloud nucleation, and large polar stratospheric parcticles


Kevin Lavigne (2000/2001)
Hanover High School, Hanover, New Hampshire
Long Term Ecological Research Project with Dr. Ross Virginia (Dartmouth College)


Karina Leppik (2000/2001)
Choate-Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope / Remote Observatory (AST/RO) with Dr. Chris Martin with Dr. Anthony Stark (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)


Jessica McNair (1996/1997)
Impact of Changes in the Polar Climate System on Marine Productivity aboard the R/V N.B. Palmer in Ross Sea with Dr. Amy Leventer
Jessica joined us as a "volunteer" to the TEA program

Eric Muhs (2002/2003)
Roosevelt High School ,Seattle, Washington
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array with Dr. Robert Morse


George Palo (1995/1996)
Gig Harbor High School, Gig Harbor, Washington
Oceanography Investigations Aboard the R/V Polar Duke


Jean Pennycook (1999/2000)
Bullard High School, Fresno, California
Gas Collection and Analysis at the Summit of the Active Volcano Mt. Erebus with Dr. Philip Kyle


Mats Pettersson (2001/2002)
Angeredsgymnasiet, Goteborg, Sweden
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA)
Teacher with The Swedish Polar Secretariat


Jason Petula (2001/2002)
Tunkhannock Area High School, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) with Dr. Robert Morse


Bill Philips (1996)
Dover High School, Dover, Delaware
Exploring How Sheets of Magma May Form - Implications for Earth History from the Dry Valleys with Dr. Bruce Marsh


Marge Porter (1994/1995)
Woodstock Academy, Connecticut
Antarctic Sea Ice Investigations with Dr. Martin Jefferies


Larry Reynolds (2000/2001)
Liberty High School, Blue Hill, Maine
Glacial History of the Amundsen Sea Shelf with Dr. Thomas Kellogg (University of Maine)


Catherine Roberts (1999/2000)
W.E. Waters Middle School, Portsmouth, Virginia
Investigating the Impact of Phytoplankton Blooms on Seafloor Ecosystems from the R/V Gould with Dr. Craig Smith


Juanita Ryan (2001/2002)
Toyon Elementary School, San Jose, California
Antarctic Search for Meteorites with Dr. Ralph P. Harvey


Andrew L. Sajor (2003/2004)
Peru Central School, Peru, New York


Barb Schulz (1999, 2002/2003)
BioLab, Seattle, Washington
Long-Term Ecological Research of Lake Communities in the Dry Valleys with Dr. Robert Wharton


Sandra Shutey (1997/1998)
Butte High School, Butte Montana
Ice Core Drilling at Siple Dome with Dr. Mary Albert


Wendy Slijk (2000/2001)
La Costa Canyon High School, Carlsbad, California
Glacial History of Prydz Bay, with Dr. Amy Leventer (Colgate University)


Valerie Sloane (1999/2000)
Orcas Island Elementary School, Eastsound, Washington
Sulfur Sources for Salty Lakes in the Dry Valleys with Dr. John Priscu


Bruce Smith (1999/2000)
Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin
Investigating Past Climates through Palynology of the Cape Roberts Drill Cores with Dr. John Wrenn


Tom Spencer (1994/1995)
Center for Science and Technology
Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia
Tracing Antarctic Muons And Neutrinos with AMANDA at Amundsen Scott Station


Steven Stevenoski (1995/1996)
Lincoln High School, Wisconsin
Exploring the Tectonic Development of the Antarctic Peninsula Region aboard the R/V N.B. Palmer with Dr. Larry Lawver and Dr. Gary Klinkhammer


Jennifer Stewart (1996/1997)
Student, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Measuring Snow Accumulation and Changes on the Ross Ice Shelf with Dr. David Braaten

Amy Stoyles (2003/2004)
Harllee Middle School, Bradenton, Florida
Yeast in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: Biological role, distribution and evolution with Dr. Laurie Connell


William Swanson (2000/2001)
Montwood High School, El Paso, Texas
Long-Term Ecological Research Project with Dr. Raymond Smith, University of California at Santa Barbara


Dom Tedeschi (1997/1998)
Norwich Free Academy, Connecticut
Chemical Defenses of Antarctic Marine Invertebrates with Bill Baker and Jim McClintock


Rolf Tremblay (2000/2001)
Goodman Middle School, Gig Harbor, Washington
Ice Borehole Temperature Measurements with Dr. Gary Clow (U.S. Geological Survey), Robert Hawley (University of Washington), and Dr. Ed Waddington (University of Washington)


Betty Trummel (1998/1999)
Husmann Elementary, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Magnetic Properties of Sediment: Antarctica's Glacial History through the Cape Roberts Project with Dr. Kenneth Verosub


Hillary Tulley (1998/1999)
Niles North High School, Skokie, Illinois
Antarctic Glacial History from the Dry Valleys with Dr. George Denton


Tim Vermaat (2001/2001)
Chenango Forks Central School, Binghamton, New York
Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory and McMurdo Station with Dr. Phillip R. Kyle


Mimi Wallace (1999/2000)
Montwood High School, El Paso, Texas
Long-term Ecological Monitoring at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula with Karen Baker
Send mail to Mimi at mwallace@socorro.k12.tx.us

Michael Weiss (2002/2003)
Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine
The Ferrar magmatic-system, Dry Valleys, Antarctica with Dr. Bruce D. Marsh


Andre Wille (1999/2000)
Basalt High School, Basalt, Colorado
Size and colony distribution of Adelie penguins on Ross Island with Dr. David Ainley


Linda Wygoda (1995/1996)
Sam Houston High School, Louisiana
Investigating Ozone Through the Infrared Spectrum of the Atmosphere at Amundsen Scott Station with Dr. Frank J Murcray


Glenn Zwanzig (1998/1999)
DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Antifreeze in Antarctic Fish with Dr. David Petzel


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