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A Podcast About Science, History, and ExplorationEpisode 42: Mapping the Polar Regions
Cole Kelleher walks through the Adélie penguin colony at Cape Royds
Cole Kelleher talks about his work for the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota, an agency that uses satellite data to support polar scientists in the field. In addition to making maps, Kelleher works with polar scientists, and coolest of all, has teamed up with Google to provide street views of McMurdo Station in Antarctica (see links below).
Cole Kelleher
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Antarctica Street Views on Google:
Episode 41: My Interview with Radio Canberra
Broadcast journalist Jolene Laverty interviews me for ABC Radio Canberra. Laverty talks with me about my research, podcast, and recent work at Australian National University. Special thanks to ABC Radio for permission to rebroadcast this interview.
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Episode 40: Watching Vesuvius
Sean Cocco talks about the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius and its impact on Renaissance science and culture. Cocco is an associate professor of history at Trinity College. He is the author of Watching Vesuvius: A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy.
Sean Cocco
Space Odyssey by Michael Benson (book review)
Here’s my review of Michael Benson’s new book Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece in Commonweal Magazine.
Episode 39: Wild Sea
Dr Joy McCann discusses the great circumpolar ocean that surrounds Antarctica. McCann is the author of Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean. She is a historian at the Centre for Environmental History at Australian National University.
Dr. Joy McCann
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Joy McCann’s Blog: Out of the Blue
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