The Polar Fair is an ongoing event each day providing an opportunity to meet Scientists and Specialists in Education and Outreach as they share their work and experiences through hands on demonstrations.

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Lakes & Mountains Under Ice? Lake Vostok and the Gamburtsev Mountains - With Robin Bell, Michael Studinger, and Adrienne Block, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Polar Landscapes in New York - With Dorothy Peteet, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Sanpisa Sritrairat & Jenny Ar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Edge of the Icefiord, Ilulissat - With Marcia Clark, IPY Artist

Arctic Ice Melt: Moulins of My Mind-With Cornelia Kavanagh, Artist, Sculptor

Shrinking Arctic Ice - With Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College

ANDRILL, Drilling Back to Our Future - With Steve Pekar, Queens College, And Antarctica's Climate Secrets - With Vanessa Miller, Central Park East II, Julia Dooley, West Park Place Elementary School

School of Rocks - With Mary Reagan and Leslie Peart of the International Ocean Drilling Program

Norwegian Sami Culture & Life in the Circumpolar Region - With Norwegian Consulate Staff and Guests

Science Bulletins - Moñtanas en Movimiento (Mountains & Glaciers) - Created By The National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology, AMNH

Penguins and Polar Bears and the Tip of the Iceberg - With the Central Park and Bronx Zoo

Create Polar Art– Illustrate Arctic & Antarctic Experiences - Girl Scouts of America Join with the Zoo to help create Polar Art

What is it Like to Work in the Poles? Visit a Portable Polar Work Station Straight from the Poles! With Ken Hunkins & Chuck Hubbard of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Polar Warming and Melting - With David & Denise Holland, New York University

Peary & Henson 100 Year Anniversary—To the North Pole! -
With Deirdre Stam, Palmer Library & Genevieve LeMoine, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Exploration and Polar History - With Milbry Polk and Wings WorldQuest

One Woman’s Journey to the North Pole at 75 Years of Age - With Barbara Hillary

Teachers on Ice - With Elke Bergholz, United Nations International School and Lisbeth Uribe, The School at Columbia

Celebrating Native Polar Art and Artists - With Look North Gallery

Measuring the Temperature of Polar Ice from Space! - With Malcolm LeCompte, Elizabeth City State University

Northern Lights: Aurora Borealis - With Pål Brekke, Norwegian Space Centre

Fossils in Antarctica and the Arctic? What Used to Live There? - With Carl Mehling, AMNH

Do you Contribute to Global Warming? With The Columbia Climate Center of the Earth Institute

12:00 – 12:45 PM: Polar-Palooza - Climate & Our Changing Planet - With Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University, & Andy Revkin, New York Times

1:00-1:45 PM: Polar-Palooza - Seals, Native Lifestyles, Snow - Stories from Our Changing Planet - With Mary Albert, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab, Michael Castellini, University of Fairbanks Alaska, & Orville Huntington, Alaskan biologist

2:00-2:30 PM: Canadian Inuit Throatsinging - With Nukariik Cultural Performers

2:45-3:15 PM: A trip from Harlem to the North Pole on skis at 75 years of age and the first African American Woman to Do So! - With Barbara Hillary, Modern Polar Explorer

3:30-4:00 PM: Northern Lights: A Message from the Sun - With Pål Brekke, Norwegian Space Centre

4:15 – 5:00 PM: Stories from the Bottom of the World, Mapping the Last Hidden Mountain Range on Earth - With Robin Bell, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory