International Polar Year Live Radio Event~UPDATED OCT 10, 2008~
As of October 10th, 2008 p[lease find the IPY broadcasts in our Audio Library. Type in "IPY" in the search area.
International People at the Poles Day
CKLB Hosts International Radio Event
Australia, Asia, Africa, Norway, Brazil, Alaska and all parts between - people from Nations around the World will be joining CKLB Radio host William Greenland for an International radio event to celebrate International Polar Year – People at the Poles Day.
The theme is People at the Poles, and the broadcast will be split into three two-hour segments that take into account the times zones of Australia, New Zealand and Asia, North America, and Europe respectively.
Schools from around the world including classrooms in Perth, Australia; Santorini Island, Greece; and Lusaka, Zambia will be tuned into the broadcast through CKLB’s new website which features a 24-hour Internet radio stream. Students will be able to ask questions of presenters by phone live after listening to presentations on the radio stream. They can also Blog questions into the show through the website.
Native Communications Society Chair Joachim Bonnetrouge says CKLB radio continues to stretch the boundaries of radio.
“Once again CKLB is breaking new ground. We are the first radio station in the Northwest Territories to have 24-hour Internet radio so what better way to highlight our global reach than by working with our friends at International Polar Year to do something completely unique,” said Bonnetrouge.
People at the Poles host William Greenland has already conducted interviews with Italian researcher Gianluca Frinchilucci who is working on a comprehensive map of the Arctic Peoples’ of Siberia and East Greenland, Martin Nweela who is studying Narwhal and Narwhal tusk functions, and Andy Mahoney who is at the Mawson Research Station in Antarctica conducting ice studies.
“We are going to have many amazing people on the People at the Poles radio show who are in the field, doing the work and trying to gather information about what’s happening in the Arctic,” said Greenland.
“What I’m hearing from them is that we are at a unique time in history where issues related to climate change, extreme weather patterns and animal extinctions threaten to change our way of life forever. We also know that changes are happening faster in the Circumpolar Arctic than anywhere else in the World. We hope to use this event to shed some light on what the people who are working at the Poles are seeing on the ground.”
1. European Event which is known as SESSION ONE IN THE AUDIO LIBRARY.
featuring
Grete Hovelsrud, Member of IPY Joint Committee, Member of Norwegian IPY Committee, Leader of Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions
Gianluca Frinchilucci, Map of Arctic People
Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Global Change - Social Challenges
Sverker Sörlin, Director, Swedish Institute for Studies in Education and Research, IPY project leader: History of IPY and LASHIPA
Louwrens Hacquebord, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Yvon Csonka, Moved By the State
You will need to blog if you want to ask a researcher a question. You can do this by following the step by step instructions listed above.
2. Americas Event whichis known as SESSION 2 IN THE AUDIO LIBRARY.
featuring
Cindy Dickson, Canadian National Committee Member, CYFN hosts a Northern Coordinating Office Invoved in caribou/health based project under development.
Claudio Aporta, Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project
Andy Mahoney / Shari Gearheard, ELOKA
Martin Jeffries and Kim Morris, The University of the Arctic: Providing Higher Education and Outreach Programs for the International Polar Year
Martin Nweeia, Inuit and Scientific Descriptions of the Narwhal, Connecting Parallel Perceptions: Integrative Studies of the Narwhal with a Focus on Tusk Function
TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR RESIDENTS IN N AMERICA TO CALL IN: 1-877-217-2552
3. Australasian Event which is known as SESSION 3 IN OUR AUDIO LIBRARY.
featuring:
Narelle Campbell, Mawson Research Station Manager
Julia Jabour, Antarctic Tourism
Richie Allan, Sovereign Voices
Max Holmes, Student Partners/Polaris Project
Dana Bergstrom, Aliens in Antarctica
Do you have any pictures that you would like us to post from the IPY event or surrounding the IPY event? Send them to me at andreas@ncsnwt.com
The pictures below are of Max Holmes and what seems to be the Northern people of Siberia.
  
  
  
  
These pictures were sent to us from Ms.Aka, from Nuuk in Eastern Greenland.
  
  
  
These pictures were just sent to us from Lucky Musonda from Lusaka Zambia.
A message from Mr. Musonda:
"Hello Nicola, Kristi, Louise, and Dane, all
Please receive attached herewith some photos we took during the exhibition.
We had a great time and will keep finding out about the activities taking place in the polar region and will use the ipy website.
I must say that your teams wherever you're have done a great job in making sure that this day was as successful as it was.
Thanks also to the CKLB Radio crew and everyone who made it possible.
On behalf of YUNA-Zambia and indeed on my own, i would like to say thank you for according us the opportunity to be part of this year's IPY activities."
  
"Dear friends,
What a wonderful IPY Day (September 24th)!!!!
I cannot describe how excited we were to be taking part.
We had previously talked about it in the classrooms at both schools I work at, and then at Colégio Puríssimo Coração de Maria, in Rio Claro, we took part in a live event
for the first time - the radio broadcast.
We would like to thank IPY for everything we have learnt so far and for everything we're still going to learn.
We would also like to thank CKLB for celebrating with us and for their wonderful job.
And we also want to thank those who answered the questions we and the other schools asked, giving us the opportunity to learn more about the people who live at the poles.
Above all, we thank God for all those who are joining hands and helping spread the word.
Global warming is here. It already affects Brazil, it affects the Arctic, it affects Tanzania, Tasmania, Japan and South Africa . Temperatures are increasing in the US, in the UK and even in Antarctica. Things are changing everywhere. Mother Earth is suffering and there is only one species that can do something about it. So, let's do it!
Miriam Hebling Almeida
Colégio Puríssimo Coração de Maria (Rio Claro)
Colégio Neruda (Araraquara)"
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"Dear Dane,
Thank you for the opportunity to be on the radio broadcast yesterday. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learnt a lot about how other people live. Essentially, we have many similarities yet it was interesting to see the different things that you do in the colder climates. It was amazing to hear how people live in Antarctica. It was fascinating to hear the First Nation’s viewpoint on how life has changed due to global warming, via Chief Bill Erasmus. Please pass on our appreciation to him for joining us on air.
Thank you, again, for the wonderful experience. Please pass on our thanks to all those at the Radio Station who helped to make it possible.
Regards,
Helen Cotter & room 15. "
Perth, Australia
The pictures below are thanks to Fiona Newland, who is the Editor and Publisher of the Valley Reporter newspaper!
www.thevalleyreporter.com.au
 
 
Miriam wrote:
“This is Colegio Purissimo, from Rio Claro, Brazil saying hello. We're looking forward to the start of the broadcast!”
Global Learners wrote:
“New Start Middle School in Flagstaff, Arizona says hello. We look forward to the broadcast, and want everyone to know that even though we live in Arizona, we are very concerned about the changes to our poles!”
Schoolchildren wrote:
“Hello from Grandview School! We are celebrating with you today. We are all dressed in blue and white and have some questions about polar ice and permafrost!!”
Kristi wrote:
“If you don't get a chance to ask your question today, please join us on http://polarday.tiged.org and participate in our Polar Day Global Discussions - we have lots of experts who can help answer your questions about research at the poles!”
Isabelle - Canadian Youth Steering Committee wrote:
“This broadcast is wonderfully enlightening and a great opportunities for youth int he world to unite about polar issues. I would like to post the following information about an IPY initiative in Canada for northern youth. Email cysc@ualberta.ca for further question on youth in Canada and the IPY.
CYSC Time Capsule Project:
A new, youth-led initiative to involve northern youth in International Polar Year (IPY) activities is underway. The Time Capsule Project is an initiative developed by the Canadian Youth Steering Committee (CYSC) for the IPY. The Project’s aim is to capture life in the North through the perspectives of northern youth.
The Time Capsule consists of youth photography, artwork and creative writing to document northern community life, surveys to collect youth perspectives on language, culture and recreation, and a photo contest complete with prizes. Youth from across the Canadian North are encouraged to participate. Upon completion of the IPY in 2009, the Time Capsule will be exhibited online and then stored at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, to be re-opened during the next IPY.
To participate in the online youth surveys, please visit: http://timecapsule.edublogs.org/login/
Or to learn more about the Time Capsule Project, please visit: http://timecapsule.edublogs.org/.
For more information please contact:
Megan Thompson
Ph: 250-472-5168 or 250-592-7953
Email: megant@uvic.ca”
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