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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: Diamond Hunters Stole Our Helicopter! (Clip)
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In the summer of 2008, the only helicopter in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, was effectively grounded by a diamond company, leaving scientists and logistics coordinators to frantically rearrange their field plans.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: helicopters, logistics, greenland, diamonds, hagglund, lakes, field site
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 24, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: helicopters, logistics, greenland, diamonds, hagglund, lakes, field site
| Links: | Dispatch: Diamond Hunters Stole Our Helicopter! |
Ice Stories: Greenland Musk Oxen (Clip)
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Musk oxen graze on a rock ledge outside the town of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (No audio attached).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: musk oxen, wildlife, greenland, kangerlussuaq, arctic
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: musk oxen, wildlife, greenland, kangerlussuaq, arctic
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: Greenland Transportation (Clip)
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Landings and take-offs of helicopters, a twin otter airplane, a LC-130 Hercules transport plane; and a shot of a Hagglund tracked vehicle. Transportation used in Greenland to do scientific research.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: greenland, helicopter, twin otter, dhc-6, lc-130, hercules, herc, hagglund, transportation
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: greenland, helicopter, twin otter, dhc-6, lc-130, hercules, herc, hagglund, transportation
| Links: | Transportation in Support of Science: The LC-130 Hercules | Transportation in Support of Science: Helicopters | Transportation in Support of Science: The Twin Otter |
Ice Stories: Greenland, Ilulissat Airport, Twin Otter Landing (Clip)
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Kenn Borek Twin Otter lands at the Ilulissat Airport, Greenland
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: greenland, ilulissat, airport, transportation, aviation, kenn borek, twin otter landing
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: greenland, ilulissat, airport, transportation, aviation, kenn borek, twin otter landing
| Links: | Minding the Data for Ice Sheets | Transportation in Support of Science: The Twin Otter |
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 |
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