EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Ice Stories: Tour of the South Pole Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
00:15:33

UC Berkeley astrophysicist Bill Holzapfel takes us on a tour of the South Pole Telescope and explains how it is unlocking the secrets of the Universe.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: NOAA South Pole Atmospheric Research Observatory (webcast)

Running Time:
00:10:47

We tour the NOAA Atmospheric Research Observatory at the South Pole where scientists are monitoring carbon dioxide levels, CFCs, solar radiation, and the ozone hole.

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Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Tour of Black Island (webcast)

Running Time:
00:20.15

We take a tour of Black Island, and speak with Tony Marchetti who for the last 13 years has been running this vital communications station for the U.S. Antarctic operations.

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Date: December 26, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds exteriors (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:27

Exterior shots of Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds.

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Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds Interiors (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:37

Shots inside Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds

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Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica (webcast)

Running Time:
00:26:23

In this program, learn about meteorite hunting in Antarctica with Ralph Harvey who leads the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET).

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Date: December 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: An Airport Made of Ice (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:30

The POLENET project takes scientists all over the continent to install equipment, and to get there they leave from Williams Field, an airport near McMurdo Station. Willy Field has a runway equipped to handle the largest aircraft that fly into Antarctica. However, this runway is different; there's no pavement here - this runway is made of ice. POLENET's Stephanie Konfal gives us a look at Willy Field.

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Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Ice Sheets of Antarctica (webcast)

Running Time:
00:13:34

In this webcast from Antarctica, we meet up with Ted Scambos, a glaciologist from the University of Colorado and the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 16, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Storm at Tango 1 Camp, Antarctica (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:28

Ice Stories correspondent Kelly Carroll reports from a storm at Tango 1 Camp, a remote camp deep in the Transantarctic Mountains.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Conversation with 'Ice People' Scientists (webcast)

Running Time:
00:34:58

In this live webcast, we look deeper into the film 'Ice People.' We speak with noted geologists Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis, and filmmaker Anne Aghion in our San Francisco studio.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology