Christopher Krembs         Oceanographer IV         Polar Science Center         Applied Physics Laboratory         University of Washington      Mike Steele         Senior Oceanographer         Polar Science Center         Applied Physics Laboratory         University of Washington      Janet Olsonbaker         Engineer IV         Environmental & Information Systems         Applied Physics Laboratory         University of Washington      Paul Mandeville (Video)      Zach Martin (Audio)         Art Institute of Seattle      APL-UW      Art Institute of Seattle	Christopher Krembs and Mike Steele of the Polar Science Center, APL-UW, teamed with the Art Institute of Seattle (AIS) to produce a video with animations, "The Life of Sea Ice." On April 8–10, 2005, AIS students Paul Mandeville (video) and Zach Martin (audio) traveled to Barrow, Alaska, to meet up with Oceanographer Krembs to document experiments on the land-fast ice of the Arctic Ocean. PILOT PROJECT SHOWS PROMISE "The Life of Sea Ice" is a pilot project to test the collaboration and procedures for future proposed efforts. The idea is for principal investigators throughout the Lab to meet their sponsor's requirement for educational outreach via a video/animation, and this pilot project helped determine the costs of a script and the coordination for a five-minute video. Students' response: Mandeville: "The Arctic was awesome! . . . The locals were really nice (and) very interested (in) what we were taping. . . . All of the scientists at BASC were great too, (and) . . . honestly interested in what we had to say." Martin: "The most enjoyable part of working in Barrow . . . was learning about the culture and ecosystem. . . . The people of Barrow behave like one giant family. . . . The weather was cold but not unbearable, (although it) offered some challenges for the equipment but nothing that hindered our completion of the project." The students followed a script written by APL-UW's Janet Olsonbaker, and worked with other AIS students to log the footage, edit the video, design and build animations of the physical and biological phenomena, record the voiceover, and put together a video for APL-UW's educational and sponsor presentations.   Students from the Art Institute of Seattle accompanied scientists to the arctic region near Barrow, Alaska. Sea ice contains many microscopic elements including brine channels.