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The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
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Greetings folks … it brings me great pleasure to announce a lunch-time talk centered around the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration! An incredibly apropos discussion over “brown bag lunches” (or “byo”, =D) as we draw ever closer to the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s and Robert Scott’s respective bids for the South Pole. Friday, November 4th, at noon in 405 Fairchild Hall (campus map enclosed; on College Street between The Green and Life Sciences Center).
Dr. Dave Ferris, from South Dakota State University, has happily meandered through his adult life pursuing dreams, collecting degrees, and compiling experiences. Having marinated mostly in the arts of chemistry and environmental science, Dave discovered the world of ice core science while working with Dr. Jihong Cole-Dai. He’s currently analyzing ice cores from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core Project. His appreciation of the early explorers, the link between their drive and today’s polar scientists’, is best captured in the grizzled words of Roald Amundsen: “People ask in surprise, ‘What is the use of these voyages of exploration? What good do they do us?’ Little brains, I always answer to myself, have only room for thoughts of bread and butter.”
In addition to Antarctic history, Dave’s myriad hobbies include cooking Middle Eastern foods (the most delicious Lebanese in the Antarctic!) and biking across the South Dakota prairie. In his spare time he researches the correlation between “party ice” provider and social popularity. Please “lunch” with us as we join Dave on a journey into a sliver of storied Antarctic history, a phenomena unique in its youth, exceptional documentation, and extraordinary hardships.
[Hosted by Gifford Wong, Dartmouth College Earth Sciences, and Dartmouth IGERT]
