This past April, scientists and local experts gathered in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, to lead a field school for eighth-grade students at Eben Hopson Middle School and deploy Float Your Boat (FYB) wooden boats on the sea ice. A collaboration between the IABP and UIC Science / Battelle ARO, the annual 8th Grade Sea Ice Field School is funded by the NSF Office of Polar Programs. The event gives students an opportunity to participate directly in the scientific and cultural activities tak
