| More about the Exploratorium website: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | ||||||
 | What's it like to be a research scientist working in the Arctic or Antarctica? We gave polar scientists video cameras and asked them to document their field work. Webcasts produced at the poles are another part of the Ice Stories project. |
| ||||
Browsing 10 - 20 results of 159 programs from project - Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists |
Ice Stories: POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network) (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:07:06
00:07:06
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)
Running Time:
00:01:21
00:01:21
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)
Running Time:
00:04:28
00:04:28
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)
Running Time:
00:15:33
00:15:33
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: NOAA South Pole Atmospheric Research Observatory (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:10:47
00:10:47
We tour the NOAA Atmospheric Research Observatory at the South Pole where scientists are monitoring carbon dioxide levels, CFCs, solar radiation, and the ozone hole.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: noaa, atmospheric research observatory, south pole, solar radiation, cfc's, carbon dioxide, climate change, ozone hole
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 30, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: noaa, atmospheric research observatory, south pole, solar radiation, cfc's, carbon dioxide, climate change, ozone hole
| Links: | The South Pole Observatory Homepage |
Ice Stories: Visit to Shackleton's Hut (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:49:29
00:49:29
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: Tour of Black Island (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:20.15
00:20.15
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)
Running Time:
00:00:21
00:00:21
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 |
Ice Stories: Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds exteriors (Clip)
Running Time:
00:03:27
00:03:27
Exterior shots of Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: shackleton, explorer hut, cape royds, exploration, exterior, ext
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: shackleton, explorer hut, cape royds, exploration, exterior, ext
| Links: | Antarctic Exploration | Shackleton's Hut Webcast |
Ice Stories: Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds Interiors (Clip)
Running Time:
00:02:37
00:02:37
Shots inside Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ernest shackleton, nimrod expedition, explorer's hut, interior, cape royds
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): History, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ernest shackleton, nimrod expedition, explorer's hut, interior, cape royds
| Links: | Antarctic Exploration | Shackleton's Hut Webcast |
| PREV | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | NEXT |
 |
Webcasts made possible through
the generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark
Endowment for Internet Education, the McBean Family Foundation,.and the Corporation for Educational Networks Initiatives in California (CENIC). |
||
© 1994 - 2013 Exploratorium | The museum of science, art and human perception