As spring begins to show hints of emerging, plunge back into the cold with at Pacific Science Center.
The 9th annual celebration of snow and ice, organized by museum and the UW’s , features 91探花glaciologists, biologists and climate experts. But it also brings in other community members, including local artists, photographers and zookeepers who focus on polar environments.
This year’s event is Friday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Included with admission
- Fri.: 10 a.m. 鈥� 2 p.m.
- Sat./Sun.: 10 a.m. 鈥� 6 p.m.
Kids and adults can explore interactive exhibits about everything from Arctic whales to sliding glaciers, and see an actual Greenland ice core. They can meet 91探花researchers who study life on ice, from penguins to microbes, meet an artist who paints polar expeditions, and check out scientific instruments that measure conditions at the poles.
New activities this year include a display on waves in the Arctic Ocean featuring 91探花oceanographer , a mock North Pacific field camp with 91探花anthropologist , and a display on Greenland sharks created by 91探花fisheries undergraduate Garrett Knoll.
Visitors can make an origami penguin, take a salinity taste test, pull a sled like an old-time polar explorer, and visit a mock Arctic ice camp to see the equipment and try on clothing that modern researchers wear to withstand the cold.
A passport encourages kids to collect stamps from the different stations.
The live science stage will host a presentation on polar bears by Heather Detwiler of that includes a chance to touch polar bear fur, see a model skull and learn how to help polar animals. Other performances include 91探花oceanographer , who will explain the physics of freezing, and Seattle photographer , who will describe the daily routine of working with the U.S. Antarctic Program.
An ongoing exhibit, “Investigating Arctic Ice Melt,” based on the work of Applied Physics Laboratory researchers , , and , will be on display throughout the weekend.
The IMAX Theater will, of course, be playing and . Even the museum’s planetarium will be focused on polar skies.
Polar Science Weekend is included with regular museum admission. The event is supported by the Applied Physics Laboratory and its , the UW’s , and the College of the Environment through the UW’s .
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