Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008

English

• + Scientists spotlight Barrow as center of solar system
  by Earl Finkler, KBRW Radio, Barrow
  "The visiting astronomers not only taught us, but they came to listen and learn about the traditions and science of the local Inupiat Eskimo people. They went to the schools and talked with elders and people of all ages."
• + NASA Scientists to Present at Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008 Conference.
  by Nancy Neal-Jones and Bill Steigerwald, NASA GSFC
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: January 22, 2008
• + Conference to Examine Past, Present, Future Solar System Exploration.
  The Arctic Sounder: December 6, 2007
• + Phone home. NASA uses robot to test communication systems from Antarctica for future space missions
  by Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor. Antarctic Sun: Feb. 1, 2008
  "Post-Antarctic plans will take the team to Barrow, Alaska, where it will demonstrate the instruments to International Polar Year scientists working in the Arctic."
• + Christina Prested
• by Christine Minerva, Adler Planetarium Educator
  "This week, she is presenting a paper at the Polar Gateways 2008 Conference in Barrow, Alaska. She will describe a "best guess" of what the IBEX spacecraft might image of the heliosphere's poles. Her trip to the conference, located on the northernmost part of Alaska, required three airplane rides from Boston."
• + NASA Mike pays visit to Ipalook Elementary
  by Tamar Ben-Yosef, Barrow The Arctic Sounder: Feb. 7, 2008
  "Elementary school children at Ipalook Elementary in Barrow had some exciting visitors last week - some more human than others."
• + Arctic Sun Rises on Old Issues, New Hopes
  by Edward S. Itta, Mayor, North Slope Borough, The Arctic Sounder: January 31, 2008
  "More scientific research and more international exchanges on a par with the Polar Gateways conference that was hosted in Barrow last week can promote real progress."
• + Chilly relations
  by Nancy Kriz
  Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle: Feb. 8, 2008
  DLN participation from Chester Academy in Chester, New York. "Local students were able to ask questions of a Finnish scientist whose specialty is the aurora borealis, more commonly known as "the Northern lights" ... "It was awesome," said Leanne Jankelunas, an eighth-grade student who participated with 10 other students from Chester that day. "I thought it was so interesting to meet these people. It's just overall really cool to get to learn these types of things."

Swedish

• + Gemensam polarkonferens hölls i Kiruna och Alaska
  Published in Norrländska Socialdemokraten, January 24, 2008 KIRUNA. I går kväll stod Kiruna i direktkontakt via satellitlänk med staden Barrow i Alaska och Aboa-basen på Antarktis.
• + Kiruna kopplar upp mot Antarktis och Barrow, Alaska
  Published on Webfinanser.com, January 22, 2008 Polar- och rymdforskning är i fokus på onsdag kväll när Kiruna kopplar upp sig mot Antarktis och Barrow, Alaska.