Polarstern ArcWatch Scientists Deploy Maryland and Oregon Boats
CHESPAX and Hood River students' boats were deployed at North Pole by German RV Polarstern icebreaker alongside an Arctic buoy.
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arcticfloatboat
- Sep 29
Update from Oregon Schools
Oregon schools decorated boats that set sail with USCG Healy during the 2023 NABOS campaign north of Siberia.
arcticfloatboat
- Sep 19
Eckstein Floats to the North Pole
Seattle's Eckstein Middle School students report out from their experience with Float Your Boat.
arcticfloatboat
- Aug 31
Washington and Colorado Boats Set Out at North Pole
Boats deployed by Charcot from Pacific Science Center, Centennial Middle School, and the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science at UW
arcticfloatboat
- Aug 16
90° North with Le Commandant Charcot Passenger Cruise
Boats from Colorado, Washington, Illinois, and Iceland deployed with an Arctic buoy at North Pole on August 17, 2023.
David Forcucci
- Aug 1
Vilvite Boats Return Home to Norway
At least 11 wooden boats found and reported in 2023 in Norway, Iceland, Russia, and Faroe Islands.
arcticfloatboat
- Jul 16
First 2023 Deployment on Neutral Ground
Le Commandant Charcot passenger cruise icebreaker deployed buoy and wooden boats at 89 degrees north on July 17, 2023
arcticfloatboat
- May 15
On Thin Ice
Edmonds students engage in authentic data collection and analysis alongside experts bringing science to life for 2nd grade learners.
arcticfloatboat
- May 12
Marine Students Float Boats
11th and 12th grade Marine Science students study polar animals and Arctic ecology from their home on the Gulf Coast with Stefanie Frump.
arcticfloatboat
- May 10
Floating Boats From California Library
While most Float Your Boat projects begin in a classroom, here’s one that started at a library.
arcticfloatboat
- Apr 26
Polar Bears Tour Ursa Major Boat Exhibit
Polar bear friends of US National Ice Center's Aurora Bearalis toured recently deployed wooden boat Big Dipper exhibit in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
arcticfloatboat
- Apr 23
Sending a Little Piece of High School South to the North Pole
70 Environmental Science students from New Jersey participated in the Float Your Boat to study the rapidly changing Arctic climate.
arcticfloatboat
- Apr 10
2023 Wooden Boat Deployment from Utqiaġvik, Alaska
396 boats deployed from 16 schools and organizations 2 miles offshore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska on the Arctic sea ice
arcticfloatboat
- Apr 4
Top of the World Deployment!
5th grade students living in the Arctic Village of Utqiagvik (oot-kay-ahg-vik; formally known as Barrow) participate in Float Your Boat!
arcticfloatboat
- Mar 28
From Houston Texas to the Top of the World!
Houston ISD Afterschool STEM Clubs participated in decorating boats sponsored Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).
arcticfloatboat
- Mar 27
Centennial Middle School Floats Boats North
In Boulder, Colorado Mr. Bill Schmoker and Dr. Tina Mueh teach Arctic lessons and students decorate wooden boats to send north.
arcticfloatboat
- Mar 24
Alaska's Whittier Students Study Arctic Weather, Sea Ice, Buoys, and Boats too!
The middle and high school students in Whittier, Alaska on Prince William Sound explored Arctic geography, ocean currents, and buoys.
arcticfloatboat
- Mar 23
A World Away - Maryland Students Connect to the Arctic
Northern Middle School and Windy Hill Middle School students in Maryland study climate change and the Arctic with Float Your Boat.
arcticfloatboat
- Mar 3
Tuscaloosa Students Send Boats North
Tuscaloosa Academy teacher Mrs. Jaclyn Foster integrated Float Your Boat into her year long Arctic teaching as a Grosvenor Teaching Fellow.
arcticfloatboat
- Feb 28
Hometown Science, Buoys, and Boats
Communities members in Carbondale, Colorado decorated wooden boats for Arctic deployment during the Hometown Science Cafe Series...
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