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") Polar Media Archive Toggle menu search about top pics antarctic arctic land landscapes permafrost land ice people arctic communities science in action sea sea ice wildlife climate change Find People People Images Find Top Pics View Our Best Find Wildlife Wildlife Images Being a scientist really appealed to me because I was really excited about the opportunity to be curious about the world and to try to answer questions that interested me about the natural world. Amanda Koltz - PolarTREC 2012 Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web One of the most challenging things about being a teacher is to get students truly interested in what they’re learning. NIck LaFave - PolarTREC 2012 Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web One of the most rewarding things about being a scientist is the discovery of new knowledge. You get to go out and ask questions that nobody has asked before, use your imagination to see the world around you and become excited about discovering new knowledge and new ideas. Michael Sheriff - PolarTREC Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web Featured Images Featured Images Ice crystal formations (1) A close-up view of ice crystal formations inside a permafrost tunnel in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Diver under colorful sea ice Dr. Amy Moran dives under the sea ice with diatoms and ice above her. At the seamount dive site, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Emperor penguin (2) An Emperor penguin at Big Razorback, Antarctica. Thick-billed murre A thick-billed murre perched on the cliffside. Note its defining "milk mustache" that easily differentiates it from a common murre. Kiveepuk Bay, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Weddell seal coming out of water A Weddell seal pokes their head out of the water. Hutton Cliffs, Antarctica. Ammothea sea spider (4) Ammothea is a genus of sea spider that the Marine Ectotherm Research Team is studying. Crary Lab, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Coastal erosion (7) Coastal erosion exposes the permafrost along the coast of Utqiagvik, Alaska. Helicopter coming in for landing A helicopter descends towards the landing pad at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Polar bear guard scans the sea ice To help protect everyone on the sea ice from polar bears, polar bear guards are stationed around the perimeter of the research site. This polar bear guard is able to use a piece of higher ice along a pressure ridge to get a better vantage point. Near the R/V Akademik Fedorov in the Central Arctic Ocean. Crested auklet pair A pair of crested auklets at Cape Kitnik, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Mount Erebus venting Mount Erebus (12,448 ft) vents on a sunny day, as seen from Hutton Cliffs, Antarctica. Muskoxen (2) Muskoxen have long guard hairs to keep them warm. Mile 398 on the Dalton Highway, Alaska. Red fox kits playing Two red fox kits play in the snow outside of Toolik Field Station, Alaska. Frozen freshwater pools on the Ross Ice Shelf (3) A view looking out the helicopter window at the frozen freshwater pools on top of the Ross Ice Shelf. Above the Ross Ice Shelf approaching Garwood Valley, Antarctica. IceCube Lab on cargo day Empty cargo boxes wait to be picked up in front of the IceCube Lab. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Polar bear sow and cub A polar bear watches carefully as her yearling cub paws at ice chunks in an area of open water. Aboard the R/V Akademik Fedorov in the Central Arctic Ocean. Sunrise over sea ice (1) Sarah Slack: "Large pieces of relatively flat sea ice often dot the water in the Amundsen Sea." Aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker in the Southern Ocean. UV logger on deck The UV logger is ready to be deployed into the ice at the Crystal Palace for the SPICE Core camp. The goal of SPICE Core is to study different properties of the ice by deploying specialized devices into an open ice hole 1.75 km in depth. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Weddell seal pup playing A Weddell seal pup playing. Hutton Cliffs, Antarctica. Nudibranch crawls on rock (2) A nudibranch, genus Notaeolidia, crawls on a rock in a tank in the Crary Lab Aquarium, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Featured Video Kate Miller on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory 2016 Expedition takes you on a 20-minute walking tour of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Featured Albums PolarTREC 2022 Erin Towns PolarTREC teacher Erin Towns’ expedition to Ilulissat, Greenland and the west Greenland Ice Sheet, from April 24th to May 14th, 2022. PolarTREC 2022 Lucy Coleman PolarTREC teacher Lucy Coleman’s expedition to the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, from October 25th to December 15th, 2022. PolarTREC 2022 Rebecca Siegel PolarTREC teacher Rebecca Siegel’s expedition aboard the Norseman II in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, from July 17th to August 17th, 2022. Polar Media Archive Albums The PMA currently houses 245 albums and counting! Programs People Events Logos Graphics View All Albums 138 Albums Images in the Polar Media Archive can be used freely for not-for-profit/non-commercial purposes as long as you use the provided photo credit. Please contact us at info@arcus if you have any questions. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . sfy39587stp17...