Monthly Archives: December 2007

Canada’s 2007 #1 Weather Story: Vanishing Arctic Sea Ice

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Today, Environment Canada’s Senior Climatologist David Phillips released Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories list for 2007. In its 12th year, EC’s list takes note of major weather occurrences across Canada over a 12-month period. This year’s Top Weather Story in … Read more »

Geoff Green speaks to CTV’s Canada AM

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Today, Geoff Green, Students on Ice Executive Director, spoke with CTV’s Canada AM in preparation for our Antarctic Expedition 2007. Read the CTV story here . . . Canadians among those visiting Antarctica Dec. 25 CTV.ca News Staff A group … Read more »

SOI Launches Antarctic Expedition 2007 Website

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Between December 25th and January 8th parents, students, educators and polar enthusiasts can visit the Students on Ice Antarctic Expedition 2007 website to share all of our expedition moments. We will be posting photos, journals and expedition updates on a … Read more »

RADARSAT-2 to launch this week

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This week Canadian satellite “RADARSAT-2″ will launch on a Soyuz vehicle from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. RADARSAT-2 is Canada’s next-generation commercial SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, which follows RADARSAT-1, launched in 1995. SAR satellite imagery can be acquired at … Read more »

Thursday, December 13, 2007: IPY Ice Sheets Day!

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This Thursday, December 13, 2007 marks the second quarterly International Polar Days . . . this time focusing on Ice Sheets. Information about Ice Sheets research, resources and classroom activities is now available from www.ipy.org. Also, a Canadian specific Ice … Read more »