Polar Scientist

Emily Shuckburgh, Catherine Chambers

Description

Find out what's involved in becoming a polar scientist from a top researcher in the field. You'll find out about the scientist's heroes, the equipment and skills she uses, and the challenges of conducting research and experiments in sub-zero temperatures!

Sujets

• Polar region

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 11 septembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406280210
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

THE Coolest Jobs on the Planet

Polar Scientist

Emily Shuckburgh with Catherine Chambers

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Contents

The magic moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Mad about maths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Bound for the Poles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Preparing for Antarctica. . . . . . . . . . 18

At last! An expedition! . . . . . . . . . . . 28

A day in the life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Science on ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Looking ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Find out more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

The magic moment

4

I’m Emily Shuckburgh, Head of the Open Oceans research group at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It’s chilly here on Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, but the science is exciting!

My amazing magic moment happened back in the year 2000. It was my first time as a member of a science team in the Arctic. We were releasing science research balloons into the atmosphere. As the balloons rose, they dazzled in the sunlight, and the wispy clouds around them shimmered with all the colours of the rainbow above the snowy landscape. It was spectacular.