Recent Ice Stories Webcasts and Clips from the Exploratorium

3/2/2010 Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

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.

2/4/2010 A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

This short video summarizes all of the steps in collecting an ice core using the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. Thomas Bauska, of Oregon State University helped Heidi Roop put together this video.

12/17/2009 Science at the South Pole

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

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.

8/5/2009 Looking at Climate History for Clues to Our Future

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

Geologist Chistina Riesselman explains how studying 3-million-year-old sediment from Antarctica is providing a glimpse of what our planet's climate might look like if atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise as projected.

4/22/2009 Smashcast Interviews Polar Scientists

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

Smashcast visited the Exploratorium on Saturday, April 18th, to work on the Ice Stories project and meet four Antarctic scientists.

2/25/2009 The Train from Pole to Troll

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

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.

1/12/2009 Making Water in Antarctica

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

You might be surprised to know that water is one of the most scarce resources in Antarctica.

1/12/2009 Clockwise

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

Why do the hands on clocks go "clockwise?" Seems like a circular definition, but if you looked closely at sundials in the northern hemisphere, you'd notice that the shadow of the sun moves around the sundial in a "clockwise" direction. This was adopted by clock-makers and became the standard we know today. In the southern hemisphere, the sun's shadow moves around the dial in the opposite direction, so if clocks had been invented there, our watches would move the other way.

1/4/2009 Adelie Penguins

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

We speak with biologist David Ainley, who has been studying Adelie penguins in Antarctica for more than 25 years

1/3/2009 Antarctica, McMurdo, Williams Field, Basler take-off

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:30:01 +0100

A Kenn Borek Basler (Turbo DC-3) taxis, takes-off, and flies low back over the field at Williams Airfield outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica