ESA - Eduspace EN - Global Change - Worksheet introduction

Coastal change

Danube Delta change detection Oil spills

Deforestation

Bardia National Park Congo River Basin Kameng-Sonitpur Elephant Reserve Kilimanjaro Rondonia Shillong and Guwahati

Ice

Antarctica 2003 Climate change and glaciers Glacier analysis using radar imagery Glacial retreat in the Alps Glacier Ice Flow Monitoring of glaciers in the Himalayas Remote sensing of ice and snow

Urbanisation

Cairo City of Kathmandu Córdoba Himalayas Kathmandu Valley Lagos

Vegetation

Annapurna Conservation Area Lost in the Andes Ngorongoro Conservation Area Niger Inland Delta Vegetation in South America


Icebreaker 'Kapitan Khlebnikov'

Worksheet introduction

The college student Lauren Coquille, together with 100 other people, left Port Elizabeth in South Africa on 4 November 2003 onboard the icebreaker 'Kaptain Khlebnikov', heading to Antarctica to observe the Sun eclipse of 24 November.

There were many more things to observe and to report, as Eduspace followed the expedition on a daily basis.

Lauren's classmates of College Rousseau and several other schools in Geneva, Switzerland, supported her while she travelled to Antarctica. An astrophysicist, a radio reporter, and a photographer were seconding her for the observation of the eclipse. But that's not all. On her way to Antarctica and back she had a lot of work to do, including observing the ocean, the weather, and the ice, and noting everything accurately.

She communicated the position of the ship and other observations to her classmates on a daily basis. She also observed the clouds, measured the temperature of the sea water, and determined its chlorophyll content. She also reported sightings of huge icebergs. But most importantly, she took digital photographs, which were loaded on the expedition website as soon as they arrived.

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Antarctica 2003 expedition

Introduction Background

Exercises

Exercise 1 - Accompany a classmate Exercise 2 - Guide the icebreaker through the ice using images and maps Exercise 3 - Guide the icebreaker through the ice using a computer Exercise 4 - Help, the icebreaker is stuck!