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Driven: This World Unfolding (Slideshow)
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Biologist Kristina Yu and exhibit developer Denise King share their love for the mighty (and mightily underappreciated) microorganism.
Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: microscope, imaging station, cell, bacteria
Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: microscope, imaging station, cell, bacteria
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: 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: An Airport Made of Ice (Clip)
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The POLENET project takes scientists all over the continent to install equipment, and to get there they leave from Williams Field, an airport near McMurdo Station. Willy Field has a runway equipped to handle the largest aircraft that fly into Antarctica. However, this runway is different; there's no pavement here - this runway is made of ice.
POLENET's Stephanie Konfal gives us a look at Willy Field.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: aircraft, airplanes, airport, antarctica, mcmurdo station, williams field, willy field
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: aircraft, airplanes, airport, antarctica, mcmurdo station, williams field, willy field
| Links: | Dispatch: An Airport Made of Ice |
Ice Stories: Holiday Weather in McMurdo (Clip)
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Thanksgiving Day weather at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, turned out to be pretty interesting, as weather always can change quickly here. Our holiday weekend greeted us with 50 mph winds, but it didn’t affect the great feast we had in the dining hall.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: extreme weather, wind, mcmurdo station, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: extreme weather, wind, mcmurdo station, antarctica
| Links: | Dispatch: Holiday Weather in McMurdo |
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: The Road to ANDRILL (Clip)
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In this video, ride in a special Mattracks truck across the ice sheet with geologist Christina Riesselman as she travels with ANDRILL Staff Scientist Richard Levy from McMurdo Station to the ANDRILL drill site. They investigate the truck’s special wheels, observe beautiful panoramas of the Transantarctic Mountains, and hear the drill running at the drill site.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
| Links: | Dispatch: The Road to ANDRILL |
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Ice Stories: Ice Cube Telescope, Part II (Webcast)
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Hear more from scientists working on the Ice Cube telescope at the South Pole.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, cosmic rays
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, cosmic rays
| Links: | ICE CUBE Homepage |
Ice Stories: Balloon Research (Webcast)
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Watch as three giant helium balloons are launched above Antarctica to study climate history; listen as scientists talk about balloon research.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, weather balloons, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, air currents, cosmic rays
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, weather balloons, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, air currents, cosmic rays
| Links: | Balloon launch at McMurdo |
Ice Stories: Palmer Research Station, Antarctica (Webcast)
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Scientists at Palmer Research Station in Antarctica talk about their research: How is the rich marine ecosystem just offshore responding to melting sea ice and global climate change?
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: palmer research station, antarctica, western antarctic peninsula, lter, ecosystem, sea ice, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: palmer research station, antarctica, western antarctic peninsula, lter, ecosystem, sea ice, climate change
| Links: | Palmer LTER Station homepage |
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