Why is Mt. Washington called the “Home of the World’s Worst Weather”? This program will explore the unique life and work of the weather observers stationed on Mt. Washington and learn why, for a mountain its size, Mt. Washington hosts some of the worst weather on Earth.

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Presented by Jacquelyn Bellefontaine, a Weather Observer/Education Specialist at the Mount Washington Observatory. 

Born and raised near Boston, MA, Jacquelyn spent her childhood escaping the city in the summer to recreate around the New Hampshire Lakes Region and White Mountains. In 2020, she graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Earth and Climate Sciences. During her undergraduate studies, she formed a passionate interest in climate change and how it is impacting Earth’s cryosphere. In the summer of 2019, Jacquelyn was a student of the Juneau Icefield Research Program based out of Juneau, Alaska. The Juneau Icefield Research Program, also known as “JIRP”, is an expeditionary-style field program where students engage in a variety of Earth Science research relating to glaciology while learning mountaineering skills during their traverse across the Juneau Icefield. She began her tenure at the Mount Washington Observatory in January 2021 as a summit intern, and became a Weather Observer/Education Specialist just a few months later. Jacquelyn is absolutely thrilled to continue contributing to the Mount Washington Observatory and hopes that through this position, she will help inspire others to be lifelong learners and become passionate about science!