Eclipses to Aurora
Winter Field School at the University of Alaska Fairbanks - January 4 to 11, 2025
Participants
While the solar eclipses are now behind us, exploring solar science hasn’t stopped! Of more than 70 Eclipse Ambassadors who applied to a culminating field experience, nine college students will travel to Alaska from January 4–11, 2025 for a Winter Field Experience at UA Fairbanks!
This one-week “Eclipses to Aurora” opportunity will introduce students to space physics graduate studies in topics such as electromagnetism, observations of aurora, data reduction, and instrumentation. Fairbanks, Alaska is just south of the Arctic Circle so participants will get a sense of what it's like to live and work in near constant darkness. Luckily, that makes it a wonderful time for viewing the aurora!
Participants in the program will:
- Observe the northern lights (space weather and terrestrial weather permitting)
- Engage in “participatory science” through the the NASA-funded Aurorasaurus project and others
- Learn more about heliophysics via teamwork, seminars, and access to subject matter experts
- Participate in community-based learning and best practices for working with diverse communities
- Experience “polar night” and what it's like to live and work at high latitude
- Experience a truly dark, starry night sky with the Milky Way overhead (weather and moon phase permitting)
- Share what they learned and experienced with your community
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