Sunday, April 7, 2013
The Libertyville High School teacher described the scenery as "awesome, beautiful, stark, breathtaking and stunning."
Libertyville High School teacher Mark Buesing took his first flight over Greenland with NASA scientists April 5. In his PolarTREC blog, he described the views from NASA's P-3B Orion flying science lab as "awesome, beautiful, stark, breathtaking and stunning." Buesing is participating in NASA's Operation IceBridge, during which researchers fly over the ice in Greenland and collect detailed, 3D images of the ice. "Flying at 1,500 feet below the tops of mountains, through valleys so narrow I felt I could reach out and touch the sides was … simply astonishing," Buesing wrote in his blog. He also includes photos and videos from the trip. "At times the scenery was beautiful enough to bring me to tears, I mean, if I was the crying type." Read …
Monday, April 1, 2013
What's he doing? Find out how you can monitor his progress!
Libertyville High School teacher Mark Buesing is officially on his trip to work with scientists in Greenland—and you can follow what he's up to through an online journal. Buesing applied to participate in NASA's Operation IceBridge, during which researchers fly over the ice in Greenland and collect detailed, 3D images of the ice. "By doing that over months and years, they can develop a model and look at past data to monitor how things are changing," Buesing told Libertyville Patch in late January. Buesing's most recent journal entry, from March 29, includes photos he took at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the International Ice Carving Championships. In another photo, Buesing is "holding an Arctic ground squirrel while it's …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Mark Buesing, a Libertyville science teacher, will participate in Operation IceBridge to study the global climate system.
A Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing is one of onlyl 15 educators to be chosen from a pool of 300 to participate in NASA's global polar projects. Buesing ventures to Greenland in April for Operation IceBridge, a six-year mission to map polar ice in unprecedented detail to better understand processes that connect the polar regions with the global climate system, posted Libertyville High School on its Facebook page. "What an amazing experience for an amazing teacher!" posted Suzanne Swanson Baumruk. "Congratulations! What a fantastic opportunity and adventure!" posted Jill McPartlin Schwartz. Before coming to Libertyville High School in 1995, Buesing worked as a Motorola engineer and received recognition as a bicycle racer…
