When it comes to winter break, most students head for warmer climes. Not so for 14 undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Texas at El Paso. They will be headed to Antarctica on December 13 to do scientific research for three weeks with four UTEP professors.
According to one news report, some of the students on the upcoming trip have already studied the effects of global warming at the Earth's other pole: They spent the summer in Barrow, Alaska examining the shrinking Arctic ice cap.
These expeditions are funded by National Science Foundation grants and a federal program called IPY-ROAM, or International Polar Year Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities. UTEP offers a bachelor's degree in environmental science, with concentrations in Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Hydrology and Secondary Science Education. It also offers a doctoral program in environmental science and engineering through its Center for Environmental Resource Management.
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