The week-long school will include lectures and exercises targeted to a daily theme and hands-on activities using Antarctic sediment cores from the IODP Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) and the Oregon State University Marine and Geology Repository (OSU-MGR). The daily themes will include key intervals in Antarctica’s climate history, shelf and deep-water environments, and current “hot topic” research areas in Antarctic science. The hands-on activities will provide training for core description, measurement, and interpretation.
Icebreaker (Sunday evening):
17:30 Meet in hotel lobby for carpools to icebreaker venue (Blackwater Draw)
18:00 Arrive Blackwater Draw
18:30 Welcome, self introductions, and brief introduction to Antarctic School
19:00 Dinner
22:00 Final transport returns to hotel
Monday–Thursday:
8:30 Assemble at IODP
8:45 Lecture 1 on the morning theme
9:45 Coffee break
10:00 Lecture 2 on the morning theme
11:00 Exercise related to the morning theme
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Introduction to laboratories for hands-on activities
1:30 Group activities in four laboratories (macroscopic core description, smear slide analysis, physical properties and downhole logging, and chronostratigraphy)
4:30 Groups work to synthesize results and begin preparing PowerPoint presentation
5:15 Full group meets back for discussion of day’s activities
5:30 Bus to hotel
Friday:
8:30 Assemble at IODP
8:45 Lecture and group discussion/activity (science communication and outreach)
9:45 Coffee break
10:00 Group work to finalize core description activities, interpretations, and PowerPoint presentation for the cores
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Group presentations
3:15 Coffee break
3:30 Final synthesis lecture
4:30 Final discussion
5:30 Bus to hotel