Ross Sea Outreach
Christel Wakler, Jessica Castoro, Abe Gelb
Our goal this week was to scour the internet for already existing outreach programs going on for the Ross sea. This is our results:
An article written by John Weller about his goal to try to save the Ross Sea’s ecosystem from over fishing and problems caused by man’s actions: www.seaweb.org/getinvolved/oceanvoices/JohnWeller.php
The Last Ocean is a multimedia outreach project that aims to bring the Ross Sea to life and promote conservation efforts in what is perhaps the most pristine open-ocean ecosystem left on Earth. this is an outreach program trying to get the Ross Sea to be a protected area by educating the public about it, especially the dangers of overfishing and whalingYou can also find out more about the project on its Facebook page and on Twitter at LastOcean. http://www.lastocean.com/
Ross sea penguins:
http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/antarctic-projects/ross-sea-penguins/
Ross sea travel guide, just in case anyone wants to visit:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Ross_Sea
Picture of the natural color of the Ross Sea and the Chlorophyll content from NASA:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=37556
Interesting picture showing a phytoplankton bloom under and within the ice shelf in the Ross Sea, with an explanation:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8517
http://www.nzaht.org/AHT/RSHRP/
this is an outreach program trying to preserve the history of the Ross Sea & the artifacts found there. it's basically trying to preserve the artifacts from the first expeditions to the Ross Sea.