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minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">On
Wednesday (Dec. 7) at 1 p.m. Eastern, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/winter-sampling">PolarTREC project</a></b>
(Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) will host a live video
web-c</span>hat with scientists conducting<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> winter sampling in the Arctic aboard the US
Coast Guard icebreaker <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Healy</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span>Participation is free<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">, but you must
register to access the feed: <a href="http://www.polartrec.com/polar-connect/register">http://www.polartrec.com/polar-connect/register</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">About the
expedition</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">: <br>
The expedition is l</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">ed by WHOI biologist </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/cashjian/">Carin Ashjian</a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">
and includes a high school teacher from Ohio - Chantelle Rose - who is blogging about the
research activities aboard the ship. </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">While onboard, the team will traverse the
Bering Sea and break ice to reach the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. During this
cruise, the team is collecting some of the first winter information ever
collected on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering,
Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. In particular, they will be studying a very small
crustacean called a copepod. Copepods make up the base of the ocean food chain.
In addition to studying the ecology, scientists will be onboard looking at
chlorophyll, marine mammals, and birds. Data collected during the cruise will
be used to predict the future impacts of climate change on the oceans.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">--------------------------------</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Stephanie Murphy<br>Manager of Public Information<br><a href="http://www.whoi.edu">www.whoi.edu</a> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br>MS 16<br>Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>E: <a href="mailto:samurphy@whoi.edu">samurphy@whoi.edu</a><br>O: 508-289-2271</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">C: 508-566-3055</div>
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