This polar expedition took place in 2008, but you can still experience the thrill of following these scientists as they engage in research studying the changes in Greenland's ice sheet. Meet the research team and learn about the instruments and methods they used in their research, read their photojournals and their responses to questions emailed by students, watch videos showing them at work and being interviewed, learn a little about Greenland's history and environment, or try a guessing game or jigsaw puzzle.

Concepts

climate change, global warming

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Additional Tags

glacial melt, global climate change, ice sheet, greenland, greenland glacier expedition, greenland history, the greenland glacier expedition: july 7-july 24, 2008

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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