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Live Talk Schedule

Expedition 4: Greenland's Glaciers

WHOI Exhibit Center off site
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
General public
Science Made Publc series
July 15, 2008 2:30-3:00 pm EDT Exhibit Center Auditorium Dr. Dan Lizarralde
Dr. Mark Behn
live talk with Mark BehnWatch and listen to the live call from Greenland
featuring Dr. Dan Lizarralde and Dr. Mark Behn
Video (6:47) watch the video
The Field Museum, Chicago
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
High school students – museum docents July 16, 2008 1:30-2:00 pm CDT James Simpson Theater Kristin Poinar
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
General public July 16, 2008 7-8pm EDT Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland Chris Linder
Museum of Science, Boston

Podcast: Live via satellite phone from the Greenland ice sheet, we will hear from glaciologist Sarah Das of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She will talk about life on the ice and her current research involving melt water lakes and their impact on the ice sheet.

On July 11, Sarah was interviewed for a MoS podcast. Listen to the podcast below. (17 minutes)

podcast  

Live talk: Audience members will be able to ask questions and hear answers from researchers working thousands of miles away using satellite phone technology.

Audience Date Time Where Speaker
General public July 17, 2008 2:00-2:30pm EDT Cahner Auditorium Kristin Poinar
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
Teacher workshop July 18, 2008 12:00-3:00pm EDT Earth Theater Dr. Mary-Louise Timmermans
Dr. Sarah Das
General Public/adult lecture July 19, 2008 1:30-3:00pm EDT Earth Theater Dr. Mary-Louise Timmermans
Kristin Poinar
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
Media and General Public July 21, 2008 10:00-11:30am CDT Burke Baker Planetarium Twila Moon
Dr. Ian Joughin
General Public/adult lecture July 21, 2008 6:30-8:00pm CDT Burke Baker Planetarium Twila Moon
Dr. Ian Joughin

Live via satellite phone from the Greenland ice sheet, Twila Moon moderated a question and answer period with Ian Joughin from the University of Washington. Listen to the audio of questions and answers below. (25 minutes)

Scholastic Online
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
Interview by reporter July 21, 2008 6:00pm EDT Scholastic Kristin Poinar
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
10-12 year olds IPY camp July 22, 2008 10:00am-3:00pm EDT Earth Theather Amy Nevala
Colorado State University
Audience Date Time Where Speaker
Teacher workshop July 22, 2008 2:00pm-3:00pm MDT Fort Collins, Colorado Chris Linder
Dr. Mark Behn