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Ice Stories: Life on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Jack Walter describes his first week at the team's field camp on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Hear about their research on lakes under the glaciers and get a slice of life as a remote polar scientist.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, glacier, west antarctic ice sheet, remote, camping, antarctica, deep field, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, glacier, west antarctic ice sheet, remote, camping, antarctica, deep field, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Life on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 1 (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part one, hear about the difficulties involved in escorting 700 pounds of explosives through Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome |
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Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 2 (Podcast)
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In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part two, hear about our combat-style landing at Siple Dome’s remote air strip.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: siple dome, antarctica, explosives, seismic, deep field, camping, glaciers, glaciology
| Links: | Dispatch: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome |
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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 McMurdo Station's Waste Management Supervisor (Clip)
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Ice Stories correspondent Howie Koss interviews James Van Matre, Waste Management Supervisor at McMurdo Station. We talk about Antarctica's waste management practices of the past and present, and why it's important to recycle.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
| Links: | Dispatch: Antarctic Waste Management |
Ice Stories: Limno Toolkit (Clip)
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From a small rubber boat on a Greenlandic lake, climate researcher Billy D'Andrea introduces some of the equipment scientists use in limnological sampling. (Limnology is the study of freshwater systems, like lakes.)
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: limnology, algae, lakes, greenland, sampling, equipment, climate change, climate history
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: limnology, algae, lakes, greenland, sampling, equipment, climate change, climate history
| Links: | Dispatch: Limno Toolkit |
Ice Stories: Snow Freaks (Clip)
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Working in the snow all day takes a certain type of skill set: digging skills, drilling skills, and snowmobile driving skills. It also helps to love what you do.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: snow, digging, pit, ice sheet, greenland, shoveling, exercise, climate history
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: snow, digging, pit, ice sheet, greenland, shoveling, exercise, climate history
| Links: | Dispatch: Snow Freaks |
Ice Stories: Getting to the Back Lakes: Crossing LimnaeaSo (Clip)
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Climate researcher Billy D'Andrea and colleagues explore the remote "back lakes" of Greenland.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 8, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: greenland, expedition, exploration, lakes, climate change, remote, boat
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 8, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: greenland, expedition, exploration, lakes, climate change, remote, boat
| Links: | Dispatch: Getting to the Back Lakes: Crossing LimnaeaSo |
Ice Stories: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers (Clip)
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To understand how Earth’s climate system has changed over time, scientists need to find, develop and use natural recorders of temperature and precipitation. One natural thermometer comes in the form of alkenones: trans-fats produced by certain algae.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
| Links: | Dispatch: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers |
Ice Stories: Energy Dynamics within Alaska's thaw lakes (Webcast)
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Alaska's coastal range is covered in literally thousands of thaw lakes. Ken Hinkel, Yongwei Sheng and John Lenters are embarking on a project to reveal the subtle energy dynamics that take place within these lake systems.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: June 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: arctic, ice stories, barrow, alaska, scientists, dispatches, climate change, geology, biology, oceanography, ice
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