VR Expedition: Explore the Arctic Aboard the Fram | CEEE
Take a virtual stroll through the Fram and learn all about Nansen and his crew's adventures in the Arctic with this virtual expedition. This is a stand-alone resource that is part of a MOSAiC VR collection.
VR Expedition: Explore the Arctic Aboard the Fram More than 500 participants from over 16 nations have spent a year in the Arctic ice collecting important data on the Arctic climate system. From September 2019 through October 2020, the icebreaker RV Polarstern drifted across the central Arctic near the North Pole frozen in sea ice during one of the most extensive Arctic research expeditions ever conducted. You can learn more about the MOSAiC ( M ultidisciplinary drifting O bservatory for the S tudy of A rct i c C limate) research expedition at mosaic.colorado.edu ! Bring MOSAiC into your classroom with Data Puzzles , 360-degree virtual experiences , the Polar Planetarium field trip , classroom curriculum , and more learning resources . Experience MOSAiC all around you with two planetarium films featuring footage captured by videographers on the Polarstern now showing at Fiske Planetarium in Boulder (also available to view in 2D on Youtube). Context for Use In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen successfully froze a specially-designed ship, the Fram, into Arctic sea ice in an attempt to drift to the North Pole. Take a virtual stroll through the Fram and learn all about Nansen and his crew's adventures in the Arctic with this virtual expedition. Photo: National Library of Norway Programs MOSAiC Virtual Field Trips Resource Type Virtual field trip Topics Polar Regions Middle School High School University/College Out-of-school/Non-formal Instructional Time 30 minutes NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea(s) ESS3D: Global Climate Change Published Date July 1, 2020 Funding Information VR Expedition: Explore the Arctic Aboard the Fram Funding Information × Education and outreach efforts for the MOSAiC expedition are funded by NSF award numbers OPP 1839104 , OPP 1807496 , and AGS 1554659 . Close Goals Header What Students Will Do Students and the general public will travel back in time to the historic Arctic expedition, Nansen's Fram. Teaching Materials VR Expedition: Explore the Arctic Abroad the Fram Explore The Fram VR Expedition Similar Resources Exploring the New and Old Arctic Unit 1 VR Expedition: MOSAiC Ice Camp VR Expedition: MOSAiC Distributed Network PolarPASS Module 2: Long-term Spatial Transformations of the Glacier Basin System PolarPASS Interactive Environments Arctic Feedbacks: Not All Warming Is Equal Unit 2