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 | What's it like to be a research scientist working in the Arctic and Antarctica? For the International Polar Year, we gave polar scientists cameras and blogs and asked them to document their field work in real time. Webcasts, produced at the poles, are an ongoing part of the project. |
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Ice Stories: Looking at Climate History for Clues to Our Future (Clip)
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Geologist Chistina Riesselman explains how studying 3-million-year-old sediment from Antarctica is providing a glimpse of what our planet's climate might look like if atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise as projected.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sediment cores, climate change, climate history, diatoms, glaciers, sea level rise
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Ice Stories: Smashcast Interviews Polar Scientists (Clip)
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Smashcast visited the Exploratorium on Saturday, April 18th, to work on the Ice Stories project and meet four Antarctic scientists.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: smashcast, polar scientists, media production
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: smashcast, polar scientists, media production
| Links: | Smashcast |
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Ice Stories: Adelie Penguins (Webcast)
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00:46:44
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We speak with biologist David Ainley, who has been studying Adelie penguins in Antarctica for more than 25 years
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, adelie, ainley, population, ross sea
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, adelie, ainley, population, ross sea
| Links: | Project: Ross Sea Penguins |
Ice Stories: POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network) (Webcast)
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Our Exploratorium team talks to scientists from POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
| Links: | Project: Pulse of the Poles |
Ice Stories: Tour of the South Pole Telescope (Webcast)
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00:15:33
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
Keywords: antarctica, south pole telescope, astronomy, space, south pole, universe, astrophysics
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
Keywords: antarctica, south pole telescope, astronomy, space, south pole, universe, astrophysics
| Links: | Project: South Pole Telescope |
Ice Stories: NOAA South Pole Atmospheric Research Observatory (Webcast)
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00:10:47
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.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: noaa, atmospheric research observatory, south pole, solar radiation, cfc's, carbon dioxide, climate change, ozone hole
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: noaa, atmospheric research observatory, south pole, solar radiation, cfc's, carbon dioxide, climate change, ozone hole
| Links: | The South Pole Observatory Homepage |
Ice Stories: Visit to Shackleton's Hut (Webcast)
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00:49:29
00:49:29
Our intrepid Exploratorium team shares experiences from their visit to Shackleton's hut. This hut is at Cape Royds, where Shackleton mounted an expedition to the South Pole and made a first ascent of Mt. Erebus.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
Ice Stories: Tour of Black Island (Webcast)
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00:20.15
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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.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 26, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: black island, antarctica, telecommunications, station
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 26, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: black island, antarctica, telecommunications, station
Ice Stories: Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica (Webcast)
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00:26:23
00:26:23
In this program, learn about meteorite hunting in Antarctica with Ralph Harvey who leads the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: meteorite, antarctica, ralph harvey, ice stories, ansmet
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: meteorite, antarctica, ralph harvey, ice stories, ansmet
Ice Stories: Antarctic Photography (Webcast)
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00:38:04
00:38:04
We talk to photographer John Weller, who spent the austral summer 2008 scuba diving under the ice in Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: photography, scuba, ocean, underwater, weller, antarctica, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: photography, scuba, ocean, underwater, weller, antarctica, ice
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