VECO Polar Resources (VPR) Safety Training
17-21 March 2008
Boulder, Colorado
For further information, please contact:
Angela Pagenkopp
E-mail: angela [at] polarfield.com
VECO Polar Resources (VPR) is offering a field safety training course to
National Science Foundation-funded arctic researchers. The course will
take place in Boulder, Colorado, on 17-21 March 2008, and will be
facilitated by Learn to Return (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 open to twenty 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. VPR will arrange for and provide travel and accommodations
for course participants only, and will not arrange accommodations for
partners and/or families or provide assistance with personal travel in
conjunction with the course.
Interested principal investigators should contact Angela Pagenkopp at:
angela [at] polarfield.com, with their name, affiliation, e-mail, current NSF
grant number, and the names of those who will accompany the
investigator.