PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for the fourth year of teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher in the 2010 arctic and/or the 2010-2011 Antarctic field seasons. More information and application forms are available at:

 http://www.polartrec.com/join/informational-webinar/form by Monday, 17 August 2009.

IMPORTANT! Funding is pending for PolarTREC during the 2010 arctic field season and the 2010-2011 Antarctic field season. ARCUS will keep researcher applicants informed of our funding status. If funding is secured, final matches should be made in December 2009 or January 2010.

A one-hour informational webinar for researchers interested in hosting a PolarTREC teacher on their polar research project will be held on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 at 10:00 am AKDT (8:00 am HST, 11:00 am PDT, 12:00 pm MDT, 1:00 pm CDT, 2:00 pm EDT). Please register for the event

at:

 Researcher Application Deadline: Sunday, 20 September 2009http://www.polartrec.com

For further information, please contact PolarTREC at:

Email: info@polartrec.com

Phone: 907-474-1600

Or visit the PolarTREC website: