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Science of Gardening: Any Little Patch of Dirt (Clip)
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Annette Young Smith, along with her neighbors, transformed a littered patch of grass and weeds on a median strip in San Francisco's Bayview District into a lush neighborhood garden full of decorative and edible plants.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: garden, community, spirit, will, progress, food, bayview, san francisco
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: garden, community, spirit, will, progress, food, bayview, san francisco
| Links: | Accidental Scientist: The Science of Gardening |
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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: Visit to Shackleton's Hut (Webcast)
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Our intrepid Exploratorium team shares experiences from their visit to Shackleton's hut. This hut is at Cape Royds, where Shackleton mounted an expedition to the South Pole and made a first ascent of Mt. Erebus.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
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: Foodstores in Antarctica (Clip)
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Peggy Malloy is THE person you want to be friends with if you are going out into the field with decent food. She is responsible for the field camp food stores. People who are out in the field need to be supplied with food. LOTS of food!
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, food, survival, camping
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, food, survival, camping
| Links: | Dispatch: Foodstores |
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: 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 |
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