VECO Polar Resources Offers Safety Training
13-17 March 2006
Boulder, Colorado
Interested principal investigators should send an e-mail message to:
Angela Pagenkopp
E-mail: angela [at] polarfield.com
VECO Polar Resources (VPR) is offering a field safety training course to
NSF-funded arctic researchers. The course will take place in Boulder,
Colorado on 13-17 March 2006 and will be facilitated by LTR Training
Systems (http://www.survivaltraining.com). The course will cover
wilderness medicine training, helicopter/bear safety training, and field
skills specific to working in arctic areas.
This course is sponsored through VPR by NSF and is open to 20 NSF-funded
arctic researchers. This includes principal investigators, graduate
students, research assistants, and undergraduate field assistants. The
course is free of charge for all qualified researchers. Travel
assistance/per diem is available for participants outside the local area
of the course. VPR can only accept attendees whose schedules allow them
to attend all days of the course.
Please note that VPR will arrange for and provide travel and
accommodations for course participants only. Please do not ask to
accommodate partners and/or families or assist with personal travel in
conjunction with the course.
Interested principal investigators should send an e-mail message to:
Angela Pagenkopp
E-mail: angela [at] polarfield.com
Please include your name, affiliation, e-mail, NSF proposal number, and
the names of those you'd like to have attend in your e-mail.