VECO Polar Resources Offers Safety Training
Interested Principal Investigators should send an e-mail message to:
Jason Buenning
jason [at] polarfield.com
For further information on VECO Polar Resources, please go to:
http://www.vecopolar.com
For further information on LTR Training Systems, please go to:
http://www.survivaltraining.com
VECO Polar Resources (VPR) is offering two separate training courses to
NSF-funded arctic researchers in 2005.
VPR will be hosting a Field Safety Training course in Boulder, CO on
28 February-3 March 2005. The 4-day course will cover wilderness
medicine training, helicopter/bear safety training, and field skills
specific to working in arctic areas.VPR will be hosting an Aviation Land & Water course in Anchorage,
Alaska on 17-18 March 2005. The 2-day course offers an intense look at
methods and techniques for surviving aviation accidents in the Arctic.
Students are exposed to land & water crash simulators to duplicate
impact conditions, and receive "dunker" training in a local pool with
certified instructors.
Both of these courses will be facilitated by LTR Training Systems:
http://www.survivaltraining.com
The courses are sponsored through VPR by the National Science Foundation
and each course is open to 20 NSF-funded arctic researchers. This
includes Principal Investigators, Graduate Students, Research
Assistants, and Undergraduate Field Assistants. The courses are free of
charge for all qualified researchers. Travel assistance/per diem is
available for participants outside of the local area of each course. We
will only accept attendees whose schedules allow them to attend all days
of either course.
Please note that VPR will arrange for and provide travel and
accommodations for course participants only. Please do not ask us to
accommodate partners and/or families or assist with personal travel in
conjunction with the courses.
Interested Principal Investigators should send an e-mail message to:
Jason Buenning
jason [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.