POLAR-PALOOZA: A Celebration of Polar Research
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11 am to 3 pm
Free with Museum admission; no registration required
How can ancient ice help us understand our future climate? What is it like to do research in the most extreme conditions on Earth? How do changes in the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets impact weather and climate everywhere? Learn the answers to these questions, plus much more, on Saturday, September 13. Join the Museum and polar researchers for "POLAR-PALOOZA: A Celebration of Polar Research," a day of family-friendly hands-on activities stationed throughout the Museum.
Here are a few examples of what you will experience:
- Meet researchers who live and work in extreme polar conditions
- See a 3,000-year-old ice core
- Touch 230 million-year-old fossilized wood from Antarctica
- Try on cold-weather gear used in the U.S. Antarctic Program
At 2 pm, view a stunning high-definition family presentation in Murch Auditorium, followed by an informative Q&A with the researchers. "POLAR-PALOOZA: A Celebration of Polar Research" is sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation and NASA.
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Explore Lecture Series: "Stories from a Changing Planet"
Dr. George Divoky, Dr. David Harwood, Dr. Ralph Harvey and Dr. Christine Foreman, polar researchers
Friday, September 12, 2008, 7:30 pm 
Join us for "Stories from a Changing Planet," the first lecture of the 2008-2009 Explorer Lecture Series and kick-off to "POLAR-PALOOZA: A Celebration of Polar Research."
Find out what Earth's polar regions can tell us about how and why our global climate is changing from scientists who have lived and worked in these icy, remote places. Ornithologist Dr. George Divoky of Friends of Cooper Island, geologist Dr. David Harwood of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Antarctic Drilling Program, planetary geologist Dr. Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University, and microbiologist Christine Foreman of Montana State University share what they have seen and learned in compelling presentations that use authentic artifacts and dramatic high-definition video clips. Discover why the poles matter to Cleveland.