NASA To Hold Media Teleconference On New Ocean Discovery

June 05, 2012

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov


MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-103

NASA TO HOLD MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON NEW OCEAN DISCOVERY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, June
7, at 2 p.m. EDT to present research on a biological discovery in
Arctic Ocean waters.

The discovery is the result of an oceanographic expedition called
ICESCAPE, or Impacts of Climate on EcoSystems and Chemistry of the
Arctic Pacific Environment. The NASA-sponsored mission explored the
seas along Alaska's western and northern coasts onboard a U.S. Coast
Guard icebreaker during the summers of 2010 and 2011.

The panelists for the briefing are:
-- Kevin Arrigo, ICESCAPE mission lead at Stanford University in
Stanford, Calif.
-- Don Perovich, ICESCAPE cryosphere scientist and visiting professor
at the Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering in Dartmouth,
N.H.
-- Walker Smith, marine scientist of the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science at the College of William and Mary in Gloucester Point, Va.

The journal Science has embargoed the findings prior to the
teleconference.

Media wanting to participate in the teleconference must send their
name, media affiliation and telephone number to
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov no later than noon on June 7. Supporting
information will be available online just before the briefing at:

http://go.nasa.gov/L93o62

The teleconference will be streamed live at:


http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


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