Young Scholars Project in Interdisciplinary Environmental and Earth Sciences

• Main Author: Mauri Pelto
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2013
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > MAGNETIC/MOTION SENSORS > ACCELEROMETERS > ACCELEROMETERS; AIRCRAFT; The Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research; Juneau Icefield; glacier; glaciers; Ice Sheet; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:ed18dbff-a3d7-4038-8b79-0dda2c60edc5

The Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research offers an eight week, residential, Young Scholars project in interdisciplinary environmental earth sciences for 15 students entering grade 12 and 3 teachers in an MSTP component. The program will be implemented on Alaska's Juneau Icefield through lectures, seminars, field work, and research projects in field and environmental sciences (geology, atmospheric sciences, surveying, etc.) under the guidance of an international faculty and staff. This summer program will emphasize field research in Alaska's Juneau Icefield. Students are in the field the entire period in a seven-day-a-week immersion in on-going and new research projects. They will be involved in discussions of career possibilities and the philosophy and ethics of environmental earth science. Involvement will continue throughout the academic year via preparation of research papers, presentations at homes schools, and through Newsletters and scheduled reunions with participants and staff. This project is associated with the Geophysical Instrumentation for Undergraduate Training in Field Science on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska project. The Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research is acquiring state-of-the art seismic and ice radar equipment with integrated portable computers for undergraduates to coduct research work will be conducted on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska. Undergraduates are determining sidewall effects of ice radar and gathering more accurate ice depth data. Eighteen cross glacier profiles are being analyzed for ice volume interpretations. These and allied student projects are uncovering trends in meteorological and mass balance changes, and obtaining measurements of radiation energy controlling glacier ablation and affecting the runoff of supraglacial streams.