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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-1-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Research article
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14 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2023

Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes

Mathew Stiller-Reeve, Claudio Argentino, Kate Alyse Waghorn, Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta, Dimitri Kalenitchenko, and Giuliana Panieri

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In this paper, we describe a process in which geoscientists corresponded with school classes in three different countries using handwritten letters and Polaroid photo albums. The stories they told were based on their experiences during a research expedition in the Arctic. We evaluated the process and show some of the benefits the students experienced from their correspondence with the scientists in this way.
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