Found 30 - 40 results of 129 programs matching keyword " west antarctic ice sheet" |
Ice Stories: Traverse across Frozen McMurdo Sound (Clip)
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This video captures the energy and excitement of traversing across the sea ice to the Offshore New Harbor Field Camp.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: traverse, mcmurdo sound, sea ice, skidoos, snowmobiles, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: traverse, mcmurdo sound, sea ice, skidoos, snowmobiles, antarctica
| Links: | Dispatch: Journey to Our Field Camp |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Mark Fahnestock, Part 2 (Clip)
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In this interview from Greenland, glaciologist Mark Fahnestock describes the roar of a 1000-foot iceberg dropping off the Jakobshavn Isbræ into the Ilulissat Icefjord. Includes time-lapse photography of this massive calving event.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland, time-lapse, icebergs
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland, time-lapse, icebergs
| Links: | Dispatch: On Speeding Glaciers and Huge Icebergs, Part 2 |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Mark Fahnestock, Part 3 (Clip)
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What controls the speed of Greenland’s big outlet glaciers like the Jakobshavn? How do they interact with the climate system? And most importantly, what does the future hold for the glaciers of Greenland? In this video, glaciologist Mark Fahnestock discusses glacier dynamics and what he hopes to learn through his studies.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland
| Links: | Dispatch: On Speeding Glaciers and Huge Icebergs, Part 2 |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Mark Fahnestock, Part 1 (Clip)
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The Ice Stories crew caught up with glaciologist Mark Fahnestock on his way back home after a few weeks camping near Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbræ, the most productive and among the fastest-moving glaciers in the world. In this interview, Mark describes some of the physics of this speedy glacier and why so many scientists are interested in studying the dynamics of Jakobshavn.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland
| Links: | Dispatch: On Speeding Glaciers and Huge Icebergs |
Ice Stories: Interview with Geologist Tom Neumann (Clip)
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In this video interview from Greenland, geologist Tom Neumann from the University of Vermont explains how he and his colleagues are attempting to read the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet by collecting and analyzing rocks spit out from the base of the glacier.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 22, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: age dating, greenland ice sheet, cosmic rays, rocks, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 22, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: age dating, greenland ice sheet, cosmic rays, rocks, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Helicopter Safari for Rocks |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Sarah Das (Clip)
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Interview with galciologist Sarah Das (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) from atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland, lakes, hydrology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, ice sheet, glaciology, greenland, lakes, hydrology
| Links: | Dispatch: Like Standing in a Bowl of Rice Krispies |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Ian Joughin (Clip)
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Interview with glaciologist Ian Joughin (Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington) atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: moulins, greenland, glacier, glaciology, lakes, greenland ice sheet, hydrology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: moulins, greenland, glacier, glaciology, lakes, greenland ice sheet, hydrology
| Links: | Dispatch: Like Standing in a Bowl of Rice Krispies |
Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Kristin Poinar (Clip)
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From atop the Greenland Ice Sheet, Kristin Poinar, a graduate student at the University of Washington, describes observing first-hand the sudden rapid draining of a huge glacial lake.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, greenland, ice sheet, lakes, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, greenland, ice sheet, lakes, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Cue the Rifle Shot |
Ice Stories: Interview with Photographer Chris Linder (Clip)
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From atop the Greenland Ice Sheet, Chris Linder, a photographer from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, describes observing first-hand the sudden rapid draining of a huge glacial lake.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, greenland, ice sheet, lakes, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier, greenland, ice sheet, lakes, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Cue the Rifle Shot |
Ice Stories: Greenland, Icebergs in Disko Bay Under the Midnight Sun 2 (Clip)
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Ice bergs in the Disko Bay outside of Ilulissat. Also shot of boat motoring by icebergs.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 17, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: greenland, ilulissat, disko bay, ice bergs, boat, transportation
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 17, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: greenland, ilulissat, disko bay, ice bergs, boat, transportation
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