Under the Ice: Two Artists Collaborate to Connect Audiences with Antarctic Sea Life and Science"

《冰下：两位艺术家将观众与南极海洋生物和科学联系起来》是Kirsten Carlson和Michelle Schwengel-Regala的合作作品，这两位科学家出身的艺术家专门从事科学传播。这个南极艺术家和作家项目将让公众--包括美国的成年人和儿童--进入地球上最寒冷、最偏远的海洋生态系统。通过观察麦克默多声音的实地工作，艺术家们将制作一本在线日记，一个互动的旅行展览和一本非虚构的儿童书籍，将观众与冰下的海洋生物和科学联系起来。这些创意产品将扩大观众对南极海洋生态系统中的海洋生物和科学的兴趣，并通过艺术增进他们对科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)的理解。这些产品还将通过教育和吸引受众学习科学家使用的技能来提高科学素养。通过赋予不同的观众发现和发展与这个偏远环境的个人联系的能力，艺术家们将促进人们如何与艺术、科学和自然环境建立积极的联系，并将为人们建立一条途径，让人们了解和欣赏生态系统科学，并找到自己通过艺术交流科学的方式。尽管美国国家科学基金会(NSF)极地计划办公室几十年来一直支持南极洲的海洋科学研究，但很少有NSF南极艺术家和作家计划获奖者将这项工作作为他们项目的重点。该项目将以创新的方式将艺术和科学结合起来，让普通公众能够接触到南极海洋生态系统科学。艺术家们将在麦克默多站驻扎六周，通过在不同的潜水地点进行每人20-50次潜水，直接观察冰下的海洋生物。他们将利用水下观察管进行额外的访问，并将使用潮湿的实验室与科学小组收集的标本进行互动。一位艺术家将专注于从生活中提取素材，并设计3D图案，以创建当地生物的真实大小的纺织模型。另一位艺术家将利用她作为插画家、设计师和儿童书籍创作者的技能来制作2-D产品。实地素描、色彩研究、图案笔记、水彩、写作、摄影和胶片将被用来记录他们的经历，并开发在线期刊、互动展览和儿童书籍。在外地期间，他们还将通过Skype举办三次外联会议。冰下海洋生物和研究将是展览的重点，但人类在不适宜居住的环境中居住的问题也将被讨论。该项目的潜在贡献包括如何与科学相联系的新范式。通过艺术的镜头，米歇尔和柯尔斯滕将提供观众与他们自己的当地社区和生态系统联系的方式，无论是在水面上还是在水面下，通过将其与地球上最极端的环境之一进行对比。

"Under the Ice: Two Artists Connect Audiences with Antarctic Sea Life and Science" is a collaboration between Kirsten Carlson and Michelle Schwengel-Regala, two scientists turned artists who specialize in science communication. This Antarctic Artists and Writers project will give the public--both adults and children in the U.S.--access to our planet's coldest and most remote marine ecosystem. From observing field work at McMurdo Sound, the artists will produce an online journal, an interactive traveling exhibit and a nonfiction children's book to connect audiences to the sea life and science under the ice. These creative products will expand audiences' interest in sea life and science in the Antarctic marine ecosystem, and advance their understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through art. The products will also increase scientific literacy, by educating and engaging audiences in skills used by scientists. By empowering diverse audiences to discover and develop personal connections with this remote environment, the artists will promote positive connections for how people relate to art, science, and the natural environment and will establish a pathway for people to learn about and appreciate ecosystem science and find their own ways to communicate science through art. Even though the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs has supported marine science research in Antarctica for decades, few NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers program awardees have made this work the focus of their project. This project will make Antarctica marine ecosystem science accessible to the lay public by combining art and science in innovative ways. The artists will be based at McMurdo Station for six weeks, making direct observations of sea life under the ice by conducting 20-50 dives per person at various dive sites. They will utilize the underwater observation tube for additional access and will use the wet lab to interact with specimens collected by science groups. One artist will focus on drawing from life and designing 3-D patterns to create actual-size textile models of endemic creatures. The other artist will use her skills as an illustrator, designer, and children's book creator for 2-D products. Field sketching, color studies, pattern notes, watercolor, writing, photography, and film will be used to document their experiences and develop the online journal, interactive exhibit, and children's book. While in the field they will also conduct three outreach sessions through Skype. The under-ice sea life and research will be the focus of the exhibit, but the issue of human habitation in an inhospitable environment will also be addressed. This project's potential contribution includes a new paradigm on how to relate to science. Through the lens of art, Michelle and Kirsten will offer ways audiences can connect to their own local communities and ecosystems, whether above or below water, by contrasting it with one of the most extreme environments on planet Earth.