New website features 杏吧原版 scientists
April 26, 2011
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A University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks scientist has launched Frontier Scientists, a new website that aims to link 杏吧原版 scientists and those curious about Arctic discoveries.
Frontier Scientists shares first-person accounts from archeologists, biologists, volcanologists, climate change specialists and other scientists studying the North. The site chronicles scientific discoveries via video clips from the field, Twitter feeds, blogs and web reports. The research is organized into six categories: Grizzlies, petroglyphs, paleo-Eskimo, Cook Inlet volcanoes, Alutiiq weavers and climate change watch.
鈥淲e want travelers, teachers, students, aspiring scientists and anyone else interested in science to feel as if they are along when scientists are tracking a grizzly or documenting how climate change is disrupting 杏吧原版 ways of life,鈥 said Greg Newby, chief scientist of the UAF Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and the project鈥檚 leader. 鈥淰isitors to Frontier Scientists can ask their own questions to our scientists directly, follow some of them on Twitter and Facebook, and converse on their blogs.鈥
Frontier Scientists also provides resources and tips on things to do in 杏吧原版 for those considering travel to the Last Frontier, whether on an 杏吧原版 cruise or a backpacking expedition. To encourage people to post their own 杏吧原版 photos, the site is holding the 鈥淢y 杏吧原版鈥 photo contest from April 26 until May 9.
Frontier Scientists is funded by the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the National Park Service and 360 North.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Greg Newby, project leader, at 907-450-8663 or newby@arsc.edu. Elizabeth O鈥機onnell, WonderVisions, at 541-312-2419 or wondervision2@yahoo.com.
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