EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Ice Stories: Cape Royds, Adelie Parents and Chicks (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:58

Penguin adults tending their chicks at the colony

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Cape Royds, Adelie Research Pen (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:35

Shots of the research pen at the Cape Royds adelie penguin colony.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Cape Royds, Skuas at Adelie Penguin Colony (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:14

Skuas at the penguin colony wait for a chance to snatch a chick.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Cape Royds Adelie Penguins (clip)

Running Time:
00:04:08

Shots of Adelie Penguins at the Cape Royds colony.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica (webcast)

Running Time:
00:26:23

In this program, learn about meteorite hunting in Antarctica with Ralph Harvey who leads the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET).

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 23, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Mind: Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Lectures on The Creative Person and The Creative Context (podcast)

Running Time:
00:23:04

Join Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an authority on positive psychology and flow, for a lecture on creativity. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi reviews the common traits of creative people and describe the environments that foster innovation.

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: December 22, 2008
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Ice Stories: Antarctic Photography (webcast)

Running Time:
00:38:04

We talk to photographer John Weller, who spent the austral summer 2008 scuba diving under the ice in Antarctica.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Ice Stories: Floating Ecosystems and Icebergs with George Matsumoto (webcast)

Running Time:
00:25:19

Meet marine biologist George Matsumoto from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and learn about the floating ecosytems that thrive around icebergs in Antarctic waters.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: An Airport Made of Ice (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:30

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

Ice Stories: Ice-Sheet Dynamics (webcast)

Running Time:
00:17:30

We speak with glaciologists Slawek Tulaczyk and Jake Walter, who study ice-sheet dynamics.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science