A Passion for Life on Ice

Alison Criscitiello is a fourth year Marine Geology and Geophysics student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in EAPS. Her principal interest is in glaciology, in particular validating a potential proxy for Antarctic sea-ice extent based on ice-core composition. Each winter for the past 2 years Alison has travelled to Antarctica to drill. In this interview Alison describes her work and her passion for life on ice.

Alison is a 2010 DOE Graduate Fellow. Based at Woods Hole, her advisor is Dr. Sarah Das.

Spotlight video

A selection of handpicked videos from the 150+ channels at MIT Video.

spotlight

UP: The Umbrella Project @ MIT

On May 19, 2013, 250 members of the MIT community gathered on Jack Barry Field with LED outfitted umbrellas as part of UP: The Umbrella Project.

spotlight

MIT's Student Loan Art Program

MIT News,
News

MIT's Student Loan Art Program

Through this popular annual loan program, individual students and student groups may borrow original works of art from the collection for their private rooms and communal spaces.

spotlight

MIT's automated 'coach' helps with social interactions

Social phobias affect about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and surveys show that public speaking is high on the list of such phobias. For some people, these fears of social situations can be especially ...

spotlight

How to Create a B2B Content Marketing Strategy

Sharmila C. Chatterjee, senior lecturer in marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to create a smart content marketing strategy.

MIT Video

The MIT Video website aggregates and curates video produced by MIT's offices, laboratories, centers and administration. This includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more. Each day, the editorial team at MIT Video selects one or more videos to "spotlight" based on the videos' content, production value and timeliness. We hope you enjoy MIT Video and welcome your feedback.

Advanced searching

Not exactly sure what you're looking for? Give our search a try! You can search by keyword or tag, and then browse through the results based on video type — such as event, educational or feature — or by channel, or other options.

give it a try

Submitting videos

Have you created a video for your department, lab or center? Are you looking to showcase an event that was recorded? It's easy to be included on the MIT Video site, but you must be a member of the Institute community to submit your content.

Tell us about it

A Passion for Life on Ice

license

channel

type

source

tags

Related videos

Like this video? We think you might like these ones too.

Spotlight video

A selection of handpicked videos from the 150+ channels at MIT Video.

Spotlights

Flagging a Video

Embed a Video

Advanced searching

Submitting videos