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Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (Webcast)
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On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
| Links: | Project Page: Wilkes Land Expedition |
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Ice Stories: Science at the South Pole (Clip)
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00:36:28
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As a special event in conjunction with the 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, we connected a live audience at the Exploratorium with scientists at the South Pole. Learn about atmospheric research at the South Pole from NOAA's Nick Morgan, the IceCube neutrino detector from Mark Krasberg and Laura Gladstone, and the South Pole Telescope from Bill Holzapfel.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, neutrinos, telescope, atmosphere, south pole, dark matter, dark energy, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, neutrinos, telescope, atmosphere, south pole, dark matter, dark energy, antarctica
Ice Stories: The Train from Pole to Troll (Clip)
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At the South Pole, the Ice Stories crew met up with correspondent Zoe Courville just before she and her team embarked on their 3,000 km traverse across the desolate and frigid East Antarctic Ice Sheet. In this video, Zoe gives us a tour of the vehicles they are taking on their cross-continent journey, including their living module, sleeping quarters, and science sled.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 25, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: south pole, ice, traverse, expedition, east antarctic ice sheet, norwegian-u.s. scientific traverse of east antarctica, glaciology, troll station
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 25, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: south pole, ice, traverse, expedition, east antarctic ice sheet, norwegian-u.s. scientific traverse of east antarctica, glaciology, troll station
| Links: | Dispatch: The Train from Pole to Troll |
Ice Stories: Antarctica, McMurdo, Williams Field, Basler take-off (Clip)
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A Kenn Borek Basler (Turbo DC-3) taxis, takes-off, and flies low back over the field at Williams Airfield outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 3, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, take-off, fly-over
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 3, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, take-off, fly-over
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: Antarctica, McMurdo, Williams Field, Basler (Turbo DC-3) (Clip)
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Kenn Borek Basler(s) (more accurately called a Turbo DC-3) at the Williams Field which services McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, williams, willy field
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, williams, willy field
Ice Stories: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys (Clip)
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In this interview from in front of the Canada Glacier in Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, Hassan Basagic from Portland State University describes the essential role of polar glaciers in supporting the bare-bones ecosystems in the Dry Valleys.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 31, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dry valleys, antarctica, ecology, ecosystem, glaciers, canada glacier, taylor valley, ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 31, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dry valleys, antarctica, ecology, ecosystem, glaciers, canada glacier, taylor valley, ice
| Links: | Dispatch: Glaciers and the Simple Life in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys |
Ice Stories: Tour of the South Pole Telescope (Webcast)
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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: Tour of Black Island (Webcast)
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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: Adelie Penguins Bicker at Cape Royds (Clip)
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Adelie Penguins bicker around their nests at Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
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