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Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world
Inuit drum dancing from East Greenland

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 1:14


This is an example of Inuit Drum Dancing from East Greenland (an intangible cultural heritage) recorded outside the Kap Dan church in Kulusuk, East Greenland as part of a tour. The drummer is dressed in traditional East Greenlandic women's costume and is hitting the edge of the drum (as is typical in Greenland), not the drum skin itself. Drum dancing in Greenland was used during spiritual ceremonies, for entertainment and in social contexts, and also for resolving conflicts. In fact, the symbol of Greenland's modern courthouses is the Inuit drum. It, like many Inuit traditions, was almost eliminated by Danish colonialization so it is now typically only seen/heard as part of an organised performance.  Fortunately, there are now programs throughout the country to encourage younger generations to take up this important cultural heritage and preserve it into the future.  UNESCO listing: Inuit drum dancing and singing Recorded by Lisa Germany. ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage

Wild Nature Photography Podcast
12-10-2024 - BenQ Post-Production Webinars

Wild Nature Photography Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 19:16


In this podcast episode, I discuss the upcoming webinars for BenQ on the post production of Arctic and Antarctic wildlife and Advanced Post-Production using Nik Software. I also discuss my thoughts on the November delivery date for the new Canon EOS R1 camera, the success of the recently completed East Greenland expedition as well as my experiences with the SKB / Think Tank Roller camera hard case.Think Tank / SKB Camera Case blog post and the problem of flying with Camera EquipmentOctober Photograph of the MonthCanon EOS R5MK2 Lightroom Noise Reduction Pre-setsSupport the showWild Nature Photo TravelPhotography Workshops and Expeditions around the Worldwww.wildnaturephototravel.comSupport the Show and fellow Nature Photographer: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JoshuaHolko/membershipFind us on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Joshuaholko/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolkoJoshuaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaholko/Need to Contact us? info@jholko.com

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第2078期:Narwhal population affected by underwater noise pollution

英语每日一听 | 每天少于5分钟

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 2:23


Of all the creatures on the planet, the narwhal is one of the strangest looking. It's a whale which has a large protruding tusk coming out of its head; that's how it got its nickname, the unicorn of the sea. They live in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Canada, Russia and East Greenland. However, experts say some populations of narwhal could be extinct by 2025, and it's all because of noise pollution. 在地球上的所有生物中,独角鲸是长相最奇怪的一种。这是一头鲸鱼,头上长着一根巨大的、突出的獠牙。这就是它的绰号“海上独角兽”的由来。它们生活在加拿大、俄罗斯和东格陵兰海岸附近的北冰洋。然而,专家表示,到 2025 年,一些独角鲸种群可能会灭绝,而这一切都是因为噪音污染。 Narwhals rely on echolocation, which they use to find food and navigate their surroundings. The animal produces a sound wave which bounces off an object. They pick this reflected sound up through their lower jaw, and information on features like size and speed passes to their ears. 独角鲸依靠回声定位来寻找食物和导航周围环境。动物产生一种从物体上反射回来的声波。它们通过下颌拾取反射的声音,并将有关尺寸和速度等特征的信息传递到它们的耳朵。 However, increase in human marine activity, as well as climate change, has resulted in the Arctic Ocean becoming noisier, which means it's more difficult for narwhals to rely on sound. Susanna Blackwell, who studies the effects of underwater noise on marine animals, told the BBC that there is noisier activity in the Arctic Ocean than ever because, as sea ice melts, new navigation routes are opening. And while icebergs breaking and creaking have been part of the ocean soundscape for hundreds of years, man-made noise is much harder for animals to adapt to, particularly as these changes are so sudden. 然而,人类海洋活动的增加以及气候变化导致北冰洋变得更加嘈杂,这意味着独角鲸更难以依赖声音。研究水下噪音对海洋动物影响的苏珊娜·布莱克韦尔(Susanna Blackwell)告诉英国广播公司(BBC),北冰洋的噪音活动比以往任何时候都更加激烈,因为随着海冰融化,新的航行路线正在开辟。虽然冰山破裂和吱吱作响数百年来一直是海洋声景的一部分,但人造噪音对动物来说更难以适应,特别是因为这些变化是如此突然。 Research published in Science Advances in 2023 recorded the reactions of narwhals to the simulated noises of oil expeditions made by a patrol vessel. The scientists tagged and tracked the creatures and found that, on hearing these sounds, they ended deep dives and stopped clicking, the echolocation signal they use for finding food underwater. This is the same reaction narwhals have to orcas, who hunt them, meaning human-made noise could trigger the creature's 'threat button'. 2023 年《科学进展》上发表的研究记录了独角鲸对巡逻船模拟石油探险噪音的反应。科学家们对这些生物进行了标记和追踪,结果发现,当它们听到这些声音时,它们就会停止深潜并停止滴答声,这是它们用来在水下寻找食物的回声定位信号。这与独角鲸对猎杀它们的逆戟鲸的反应相同,这意味着人为噪音可能会触发该生物的“威胁按钮”。 So, what can we do? Charlotte Findlay, a postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University, says "noise is actually quite easy to solve. We need to either turn it off or turn it down." 所以,我们能做些什么?奥胡斯大学博士后研究员夏洛特·芬德利表示:“噪音实际上很容易解决。我们需要要么将其关闭,要么将其调低。” 词汇表narwhal 一角鲸protruding 突出的,鼓出来的tusk (动物的)长牙unicorn of the sea 海洋独角兽extinct 灭绝的echolocation (动物的)回声定位bounce off 从…反弹lower jaw 下颌骨marine activity 海洋活动marine animals 海洋动物navigation route 航线soundscape 声景adapt to 适应tag 标记,给动物植入定位芯片track 跟踪deep dive 深潜click (鲸鱼等动物)发出短而尖的声音orca 虎鲸hunt 捕猎

The Documentary Podcast
Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?

The Documentary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 27:22


The term “narwhal” derives from the old Nordic for “nár + hvalr”, meaning corpse + whale, which, for these animals, is quickly becoming prophetic. Climate change, with its accompanying increase in human marine activity, has led to the Arctic Ocean becoming noisier. As narwhal rely on sound to communicate and navigate their surroundings, this could result in the extinction of populations like East Greenland's narwhal by as soon as 2025. Mary-Ann Ochota investigates how this issue is at once political, cultural, and environmental and speaks to the scientists, traditional hunters, and activists, who are seeking a solution.

Travel & Cruise Industry News
Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast for September 13, 2023

Travel & Cruise Industry News

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 41:34


Ship Runs Aground In Greenland is the lead story on Travel and Cruise Industry News Podcast, September 13, 2023 with Chillie Falls. Ocean Explorer, has run aground in Alpefjord near Mestersvig within the National Park in East Greenland. The ship had 206 passengers on board, and fortunately, no injuries were reported in connection with the grounding. Also today, Adora Magic City Completes 2nd Sea Trials; Weather Update; Dramatic Kilauea Eruption; and lots more, LIVE at 11 AM EDT. CLICK HERE to access video feed #oceanexplorer #alpefjordgreenland #mestersviggreenland #adoramagiccity Thanks for visiting my channel. Travel Hacker's Toolkit https://bit.ly/travelhackertools NYTimes The Daily, the flagship NYT podcast with a massive audience. "Vacationing In The Time Of Covid" https://nyti.ms/3QuRwOS To access the Travel and Cruise Industry News podcast; https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/travelcruisenews or go to https://accessadventure.net/ To subscribe: http://bit.ly/chi-fal As always, I appreciate super chats or any other donation to support my channel. For your convenience, please visit: https://paypal.me/chillie9264?locale.x=en_US Chillie's Cruise Schedule: https://accessadventure.net/chillies-trip-calendar/ For your special needs, contact me, Whill US, or Scootaround, https://www.scootaround.com/mobility-rentals, 1.888.441.7575. Use Code CHILLIE For information on cruises, or special needs travel, contact me or Incredible Memories Travel Check out my streaming partner: https://streamyard.com?pal=4889083533852672 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChilliesCruises Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chillie.falls Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChillieFalls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilliefalls/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chilliescruises Business Email: chillie@chilliefalls.com Accessible Travel Blog: https://accessadventure.net/ Chillie Chats With Sue Bryant, London Times Cruise Editor About Emerald Azzurra https://youtu.be/_bnrkqPf2gE Chillie Chats With Disability Advocate Kristy Durso https://youtube.com/live/YNyiUDyW82o Chillie Chats with Sylvia Longmire, Ambassador for Scootaround and WHILL Powerchairs https://youtu.be/VovRJ5Fh1I8 Chillie Chats With Special Guest Kevin Martin, 30 And A Wake Up https://youtube.com/live/7Q5AFPDD0YY Chillie Chats with Mark Chilutti on Accessibility of Oasis of the Seas https://youtu.be/ibuJe7sfvrA Chillie Chats With Kelly Narowski, Disability Rights Advocate and Avid Traveler https://youtu.be/NFB7LhkJ7go and https://youtu.be/LxbC5UW-Lsk Casino Loyalty Programs with Sue Sherer https://youtu.be/p0SsewJC_cE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queens of the Mines
Louise A Boyd

Queens of the Mines

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 25:45


John Franklin and Louise Cook were a wealthy couple in California, living off the fortune they earned during the gold rush. Their daughter Louise Arner Boyd was born in San Rafael on September 16, 1887. Louise was offered every advantage imagined by a late young woman in the late 19th century. But instead of living extravagantly with material things, as a socialite, Louise chose experience over material things and used her inheritance to explore the Arctic, in the name of science. “Far north, hidden behind grim barriers of pack ice, are lands that hold one spell-bound.” Today we will talk about Louise Arner Boyd. She was the world's leading female Arctic explorer, geographer and arctic photographer. Louise organized, financed and led seven maritime expeditions without a formal education, limited outdoor expertise and no family members alive to advise her.  Season 3 features inspiring, gallant, even audacious stories of REAL 19th Century women from the Wild West. Stories that contain adult content, including violence which may be disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised. I am Andrea Anderson and this is Queens of the Mines, Season Three.  In San Rafael, the Boyd's put effort into raising Louise to be a socialite, first hiring a governess tutor and then put her in the private school Miss Stewart's to learn the social graces. Louise's father had struck it rich, her mother, an aristocrat. Her mom encouraged her to join in her philanthropist activities and community work while she looked for a husband.  But she was bored. Her mind was on other things. She dreamed of, and read about geography, the Arctic in particular. She did not want to sip tea in the parlor of the family's genteel mansion on Mission Avenue. She would rather spend time with her brothers. They rode horses, hiked, hunted and taught her to be a fine equestrian and skilled marksman on the 6 acre estate at Maple Lawn. In 1901, tragedy struck the Boyd family. In that year, both of her brothers died unexpectedly. One boy had complications of rheumatic fever, the other passed while away at boarding school in a riding accident. The Boyd's were devastated. After a while, Louise's father, in an attempt to give her direction and distraction, brought her on to work in the family's investment company. She worked with her parents for twenty years. Until 1919, when her mother died, her father followed a year later. 32 years old, unmarried and without children, she lost her entire family and inherited their Maple Lawn estate and a vast fortune.  Fascinated with polar exploration, Boyd went to San Francisco at 19 to see Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen land in the city, after completing the first sea voyage through the Northwest Passage. She decided to travel. She spent the next few years visiting Europe. In 1924, Louise was gliding through icy waters on a Norwegian cruise ship. This is when Louise saw the polar ice pack for the first time, and madly curious, her life was forever changed.  No woman before had financed and led an expedition to the polar seas. Oh well, she made a plan to travel north, and two years later, Louise chartered the Norwegian sealer Hobby and crew, and brought some friends, ready for adventure. The departed from Norway, taking stops at Northbrook Island, for photography and botanical collecting, to Franz Josef Land, for a hunt, and others for Arctic exploration. Louise fell in love with the remote land of ice.  She killed many polar bears, which at the time, was highly respected. She planned another trip two years later. In  Norway, far north in the city of Tromsø, Boyd and her crew were getting the Hobby ready to set sail on their second expedition. Then, news broke that Boyd's childhood hero, Roald Amundsen the iconic explorer, and his French crew had vanished while on a flight to rescue another explorer. A rescue mission was underway, and six European countries got to work organizing ships and airplanes. Wasting no time, Boyd offered the ship, crew and provisions she had on standby to the rescue efforts. She would fund the expedition herself, with one exception, she got to come along.  It was a dangerous undertaking, staffed with high-ranking generals, aviators and explorers. The Norwegian government agreed, although no allowances were made for a woman. Good thing too, Louise ended up playing an integral role in the Amundsen rescue expedition.  She had no experience, and the men were skeptical, but she took on her responsibilities just as they did. The 10-week rescue mission in the Greenland Sea into the pack ice north, traveling about 10,000 miles along the coast line was unsuccessful. Amundsen was never found.  At the end of the summer, the Norwegian and French governments awarded Boyd the Chevalier Cross of the Order of Saint Olav and the Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for her courage and stamina. Following her return to California, Louise's life purpose was solidified. She would be an Arctic explorer. She would commit not just to polar exploration but to polar science, and use her considerable inheritance to pursue her childhood dreams. She would live two lives. At home in the States, she would play hostess, adored by California high society and on the high seas, she would be tough, brave and heroic.  Hiring a botanist and a staff of promising young scientists, she planned an expedition in 1931 visiting all the fjords and sounds in the King Oscar-Franz Josef region. The trips were originally planned for photographic reconnaissance but they ended up also serving as a topographical survey and saw a variety of investigations and discoveries.  The inner end of Ice Fjord was reached by ship for the first time. The De Geer Glacier, entering the head of this fjord from the north, was discovered and the area between this glacier and Jaette Glacier was subsequently officially named Louise Boyd Land. A previously unsuspected connecting valley between the heads of Kjerulf and Dickson fjords was discovered. Boyd supplied the material for a detailed topographic map of the connection, which was subsequently constructed by the American Geographical Society, from over 200 of her photographs from 50 selected stations. But several thousand photographs were taken. She was also a remarkably fast learner who sought out experts in her fields of interest—including photographer Ansel Adams and California Academy of Sciences botanist Alice Eastwood—to teach her what she needed to know.  Two years later, under the auspices of the American Geographical Society, Louise led the first arctic expedition to perform extensive echo sounding with self-recording gear. She equipped the ship with an echo-sounder, sonic equipment that helped them measure the depths of the ocean and the ice. It was the first American expedition to engage in ground photogrammetry. The primary objective of this expedition was the study of glacial marginal features; to supplement the investigations of the physiographer and geologist, as well as to try out new methods of field mapping. The staff included topographers, a physiographer, a geologist and a botanist from the University of Chicago, American Geographical Society, Cambridge, England and Harvard. They sailed from Ålesund, Norway, June 28, spending a few days at Jan Mayen Island on the way out and covering the East Greenland fjord region from King Oscar Fjord to Hold With Hope and returning September 16th. Tide gauge recordings were taken at Jan Mayen Island and at stations in the Greenland fjords and echo-sounding profiles were made of a number of the fjords, and fairly continuous lines of sounding were made on the runs between Norway and Greenland.  The Louise A. Boyd Arctic Expeditions of 1937 and 1938 were planned as a unit under the auspices of the American Geographical Society. In 1937, she made another expedition of 8,600 nautical miles, leaving Alesund June 4 and returning September 27. The work was a continuation of the glacial marginal studies of the 1933 expedition, and a botanist was added to the staff with the special objective of examining plant communities associated with recessional features.  The 1938 3 month expedition went a few weeks around the South Glacier, Jan Mayen Island and Walrus Bay doing echo-sounding and current measurement work, filling in or improving the blank spaces on their existing charts. They also performed detailed glaciological studies at the Narwhal Glacier area, Agassiz Valley and Tyroler Valley. Even more areas were visited for glaciological and geological examinations. This expedition carried a portable echo-sounder for use in a motor dory in waters too shallow or too ice-filled for ship navigation. In some areas, they found ice two miles thick. Glaciers made navigation dangerous, and after identifying an undersea mountain range, it was decided it should be named in her honor, the Louise A. Boyd Bank. It was, at the time, the farthest north landing ever made from a ship on the east coast of Greenland. They were delayed two weeks due to difficulty getting through the coastal ice barrier. The heavy polar ice had stopped the ship. They turned south to the Franz Josef-King Oscar fjord region. That year, she was awarded the Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society in 1938. She was the second woman to earn the award. Then, in 1939 both the University of California and Mills College granted her an LL.D. in the United States of America, the LL.D. was only awarded as an honorary degree. It is the equivalent of a Ph.D. Louise paused her traveling at the outbreak of World War II, and began to travel again after she was asked to study the effect of polar magnetic fields on radio communication for the U.S. government in 1941. In 1941 Miss Boyd chartered Captain Robert A. Bartlett's schooner Effie M. Morrissey and spent the period from May to November as a temporary member of the staff of the U. S. Bureau of Standards in charge of a program of radio and ionosphere research and magnetic observation for the Bureau that involved work on both sides of Davis Strait and Baffin Bay as far north as Ellesmore Island and in Hudson Strait. Her mission undertook hazardous journeys to dangerous places. It was a perilous time.  Only eight weeks before, a British cargo vessel had been torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off Cape Farewell just to the south. Effie M. Morrissey navigated its way through a narrow fjord and anchored off the town of Julianehaab. The American ship appeared vulnerable and run-down next to the impressive U.S. Coast Guard vessels Bowdoin and Comanche. As newly minted members of the Greenland Patrol of the Atlantic Fleet, the Bowdoin and the Comanche were responsible for preventing German forces from establishing a base on Greenland and for providing vital support for the Allies. As the Morrissey's passengers disembarked, town residents gathered onshore. Commander Donald Macmillan of the Bowdoin hurried forward to greet the person in charge. Defying all expectations, the leader was no grizzled Navy man. Instead, a stately, well-coiffed California woman of a certain age clambered out of the rowboat and strode toward him. Everyone wondered what she was doing in the company of high-ranking officers engaged in war matters. Well the answer was a secret. Boyd, operating under the guise of her work as an explorer, was conducting a covert mission for the American government, searching for possible military landing sites and investigating the improvement of radio communications in this region. Even the captain and crew of her own ship were unaware of the expedition's true goals. Miss Boyd not only turned over to the War Department her photographic library and her collection of hundreds of maps and miscellaneous publications dealing with the northern countries of Europe as well as the Arctic, but served in Washington from March 1942 to July 1943 as special consultant to the Military Intelligence Division. The National Bureau of Standards commended Boyd for resolving critical radio transmission problems they had grappled with in the Arctic for decades, and a certificate of appreciation from the Department of the Army extolled her “exemplary service as being highly beneficial to the cause of victory in 1949.” But Louise was not universally respected by her expedition participants. Boyd battled shyness and did struggle at times to assert herself. At first, most academics would be pleased with her credentials and her generous offer to join the team, but many ridiculed her behind her back and undermined her position as leader during the expeditions. Whatever.  When Louise was 68, she took her last trip to the Arctic. This time, she chartered an airplane and became the first woman to fly over the North Pole.  Over her lifetime, Boyd had no interest in being the “first” or conquering territories, she focused on contributing to science. She used her inherited fortune to organize, finance, and conduct seven Arctic expeditions in vessels which she had chartered and equipped.  Louise was one of the first women to autograph their Explorers Globe, alongside major explorers and aviators of the 20th century. She pioneered the use of cutting-edge technology, including the first deep-water recording echo-sounder. She pioneered the use of photogrammetry, the science of taking photographs to create models or maps, in inaccessible places.  She discovered a glacier in Greenland, a new underwater bank in the Norwegian Sea and many new botanical species. In all but 2 expeditions, she made large botanical collections. The staff botanist covered the other two trips.  She also held the role as the official photographer and built up a full portfolio of glacial marginal features, land forms, vegetation, and sea ice, documenting ice patterns along the Greenland coast.  Her extensive photographic documentation of Greenland is currently used by glaciologists to track climate change in Greenlandic glaciers. Her expeditions generated new data in the fields of geology, oceanography, botany, and glaciology. Data generated during her expeditions is still cited by contemporary scientists in the fields of geology, geomorphology, oceanography and botany. As a U.S. military consultant, she was an invaluable asset to the Allied war effort.    Exploration of the Arctic seascape—with its vast expanses of bobbing ice, the rhythmic sway of the wooden ship as it traversed the surging waves, the soothing solitude of the north—resonated deeply with Boyd and defined who she was and what she did. She spent her remaining years in the San Francisco area writing about her experiences, she had spent most of the family fortune for her explorations and had to sell the family home in San Rafael, California.  Today the gatehouse at the Boyd Estate is the present day home of the Marin History Museum and has a permanent exhibit of Louise Boyd's photographs and memorabilia. Louise A Boyd died on September 14, 1972, two days before her 85th birthday. Boyd requested that her ashes be scattered in the Arctic Ocean. It all leads me to wonder,  Where do you want your bones to spend eternity?   —---------------------                         Are you enjoying the podcast? Make sure to subscribe, rate, review and find us on facebook and instagram. You can join the biggest fans behind the scenes at patreon.com/queensofthemines, or give a one time tip via venmo to, @queensofthemines

All Things Iceland Podcast
From Iceland to Greenland: An Epic Adventure for Nature Lovers

All Things Iceland Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 48:34


I have a special series of episodes that I'll be sharing this week about Greenland! In fact, I am calling it Greenland week because, inclusive of this episode, I have two other episodes that I'll post. You might be wondering why I am sharing about Greenland when I normally talk about Iceland and the answer is simple. Both countries have amazing nature, and you can get directly to Greenland from Iceland in a short period of time.So, if you have ever wanted to visit Greenland or you are intrigued about the idea of going there, you are in for a treat this week. I visited Nuuk, Greenland, which is the capital of the country, in mid-February of this year and had an amazing time. I visited East Greenland, specifically Kulusuk, Tasiilaq, and the interior of the country back in 2018 for 9-days.That was an incredible experience that made me curious about Nuuk because East Greenland is like stepping back in time. I consider it a time capsule that gives you a glimpse into a much simpler way of living. Plus, the towns are quite small. For example, around 200 people live in Kulusuk. On the other hand, Nuuk is a modern city that kind of made me feel like I was back in Iceland. How this Episode about Greenland is Set Up The way I have set this episode up is that I will share some insight about Iceland vs Greenland. Not in a competitive way but more so about each destination and their unique aspects. You'll find that they have some things in common. After that, I will share my experience in Nuuk and the things I was so fortunate to do. This can give you an idea of things to enjoy if you decide to travel there. What is Greenland Week? The two other episodes about Greenland are interviews I did with two awesome women. One is Aká, a Greenlandic activist working to reclaim the cultural in Greenland after the country had been colonized by the Danish for hundreds of years. She is also a strong advocate of Greenland becoming an independent country. Currently, it is considered a district of Denmark.The other interview is with Josepha, she is a Greenlander that grew up in Nuuk, and has lived in Denmark and Iceland. She's multi-talented and has guided all over Greenland. She shares her insight about fun things to do there, mask dancing (a tradition) that Greenlandic people have been reincorporating back into their culture, and more.Before jumping into differences & similarities of Iceland and Greenland, I would like to thank the sponsors of this episode, which are Visit Greenland and Visit Nuuk.A special shout out to Josepha, who coordinated this whole trip for me. I highly recommend following her on Instagram, where she is child_of_the_arctic Follow Visit Greenland Instagram Facebook Youtube Follow Visit Nuuk Facebook Instagram Iceland vs Greenland Land Mass of Each Country Iceland – 103,000 square kilometers (39,768.5 square miles)Greenland – 2.16 million square kilometers (836,330 miles)Both are islands but Greenland is considered the largest island in the world. Land mass of each capital area Reykjavik – 273 square kilometers (105 square miles)Nuuk – 690 square kilometers (about 266 square miles) Ice coverage in Iceland & Greenland Over 80% of Greenland in ice while only about 11% of Iceland is covered in ice. Similar to Greenland, about 80% of Iceland is uninhabited. The highlands of Iceland is what makes up most of that uninhabited land. Population in the whole country Iceland – 387,800 (as of January 20th, 2023)Greenland – 56,500 people. Population in Each Capital Nuuk has 19,261 in the capital areaReykjavik has 245,000 people in the capital area (about two thirds of the country). There are 4 times as many people living in Reykjavik than in the whole of Greenland

Fotobug - Elusive Image Photography
Fotobug Episode 326 - East Greenland

Fotobug - Elusive Image Photography

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 19:07


Back in September, Jim joined RIck Sammon on the Sea Spirit to east Greenland.  In this episode, he talks about the trip and presents some of the images he captured.  In Greenland, he also visited the most remote village on earth! Please take time to subscribe to our YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/thefotobug.  

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Iron Culture
Ep. 164 - A Scientific Examination of the Carnivore Diet

Iron Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 129:35


The Carnivore Diet has exploded in popularity over the last several years thanks in large part to some very bold claims made by leading advocates. From the harmfulness of plants to the uselessness of fiber, these assertions are certainly bold. In this sizzling episode, Iron Culture hosts Omar Isuf and Eric Trexler investigate the validity of these claims, thoroughly examining and dispelling many incorrect beliefs commonly parroted by some aspects of the community. Surely this will be the least controversial episode they've done to date. References: Smajis et al 2020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31796953/ Ingestion of a high dose of fructose for 8 wk was not associated with relevant metabolic consequences - lean, healthy, weight-stable individuals consuming 150 g (!!!) of fructose daily Nick Hiebert https://www.the-nutrivore.com/post/a-comprehensive-rebuttal-to-seed-oil-sophistry Mullie at al, 2021 Vitamin C in East-Greenland traditional nutrition: a reanalysis of the Høygaard nutritional data (1936-1937)     https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8266228/ Anderson et al, 2009 Barber et al, 2020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19335713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7589116/ If you want good info on diet, blood lipids, and cardiovascular risk, check out the three-part series by Alan Flanagan of Sigma Nutrition:https://sigmanutrition.com/diet-cvd/ The Pattern of Fatty Acids Displaced by EPA and DHA Following 12 Months Supplementation Varies between Blood Cell and Plasma Fractions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555124/ Increasing dietary linoleic acid does not increase tissue arachidonic acid content in adults consuming Western-type diets: a systematic review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132704/ The omega-6/omega-3 ratio and cardiovascular disease risk: uses and abuses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17045070/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/96/5/1193S/4577160

Tough Girl Podcast
Cathy Alldred - Planning and leading an expedition to climb Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland (2014)

Tough Girl Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 44:46


A lover of all things outdoors, Cathy is an explorer, mother, wife and USA Operations Lead at global drone-based inspection company, CyberHawk - and that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.   Back in 2014, Cathy led a climbing expedition to a remote part of East Greenland, establishing four new, never-before-explored routes.    Cathy passionately believes that these kinds of life-changing experiences don't just fall into your lap - you have to work hard for them.    Expeditions are born from a book full of notes and ideas, endless nights of planning, and more spreadsheets than any outdoor-lover cares to imagine.   Australian-born and adopted-Scot, Cathy currently splits her time between Colorado and California, where she's learning to both snowboard and surf, while spending time with friends and family.    It's safe to say that she's really taking advantage of every opportunity life throws at her.   Listen to Cathy on the Tough Girl Podcast! New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Subscribe so you don't miss out!    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.     Show notes Who is Cath? Currently based in Denver, Colorado, USA Living in Scotland for the past 20 years with her husband and children Working for CyberHawk using drones  Growing up in Adelaide in South Australia Spending time in the outdoors and climbing trees at a young age Leaving Australia to go to Canada in her early 20s Meeting her husband in Canada and moving to Scotland Starting climbing in her mid thirties after having her 3 children Making progress in climbing  Having an accident and spending 9 months in recovery Building her confidence back up Finding people to climb with  Venturing outside to climb Not giving up when challenges happen Dealing with fears and building confidence Deciding to head to East Greenland in 2014 Wanting to climb in a remote and challenging location Needing to find a team and get people on board Starting with the research Struggling to find women to come and climb Spending 5 weeks in East Greenland Planning the new routes The tent sent up and what base camp was like Feeling confident but apprehensive Paying and funding for the expedition Being supported by Tiso  Figuring out the food requirements for 5 people for 5 weeks Human waste and dealing with poo! The wildlife considerations from crows to polar bears Her physical preparation and working with a personal trainer  Being part of a “fit-family” Reflecting back on Greenland and the lessons learned Being careful of the people who you surround yourself with Being open to the learning  The next challenge…. and wanting to head to South America Final words of advice to encourage other women to take the next step The power of talking about what you want to do    Social Media   Website - cathyalldred.com    Instagram - @cathyalldred    Twitter @cathyalldred   

Book Dreams
Ep. 48 - Life and Death Stories of Land and Sea

Book Dreams

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 37:03


If we humans can't own the air or sea, why can we own land? And what happens when we do? Simon Winchester--an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and acclaimed author of the New York Times bestsellers The Professor and the Madmen, The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, Atlantic, and Pacific--explores with Julie and Eve how he addressed the man-made notions of land ownership and dispossession in his latest book, Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. They discuss how the Netherlands ingeniously expanded its territory without the use of thievery, battle, or loss of life; how a single line drawn by a fountain pen brutally and senselessly cost the lives of 2 million Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs between India and Pakistan; and how, exactly, Simon managed to survive an expedition-turned-rescue-mission on an uncharted section of the East Greenland ice cap. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paddling The Blue Podcast
Paddling the Blue #28 - Olly Sanders-Kayaking and Climbing in East Greenland

Paddling The Blue Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 47:31


Today’s guest is Olly Sanders. Olly has brought together two of his passions, alpine mountaineering and kayaking and combined them together into some incredible experiences.  Highly-accomplished at both disciplines, Olly has been nominated for alpinism’s highest achievement, the Piolet D’or and nominated for honors from the Arctic Club. Today's story highlights some of Olly's favorite spots in East Greenland and why he keeps going back.Watch for Olly's book, "The Journey, Not the Destination", available in Summer 2021. The book will highlight thirty years of climbing and paddling expeditions, plus a few other stories from the entertainment world while working as a film and entertainment rigger.Connect with Olly:Rock and Sea AdventuresOlly's lectures and public speakingPurchase the Lofoten guidebook by Jaan Engstaad with contributions by Olly Sanders

Keen On Democracy
Simon Winchester on Land Ownership

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 36:03


In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Simon Winchester, author of Land, to discuss the origin, history and modern-day notion of land ownership. Simon Winchester, OBE, a British writer, journalist and broadcaster, was born in north London on 28th September 1944, the only child of Bernard and Andrée Winchester (née deWael). Though not Catholic, he was educated first at a boarding convent in Bridport, Dorset and later at Hardye’s School, Dorchester, Dorset – where he achieved the dubious dual distinction of being appointed Head of House and of soon thereafter being expelled for conducting a spectacularly destructive chemical experiment in the newly-opened science laboratories. After taking time off to hitch-hike around Canada and the United States for almost a year between leaving school and entering university, he went up to Oxford in 1963, to read geology at St. Catherine’s College. There he became involved in the University Exploration Club, and was the member of a six-man sledding expedition onto an uncharted section of the East Greenland ice-cap in 1965. He then made a sudden and unexpected switch to journalism in 1967, a short while after reading, while in a jungle camp in Uganda, a copy of Coronation Everest by James (now Jan) Morris. This account by the then correspondent of the London Times – which published the first exclusive report of the success of the Everest expedition, on 2ndJune 1953, by happy coincidence the day of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II – triggered in Winchester what he later described as a ‘Pauline conversion’ – and though he was to refer to geology in many of his subsequent writings, he turned some days after reading the book to a new career in newspaper reporting, and was to remain a full-time writer for the rest of his working life. In 1969 he joined The Guardian, first as the Newcastle upon Tyne-based regional correspondent and later as Northern Ireland Correspondent, based in Belfast. He remained in Ireland for the next three years – during which time he was named Britain’s Journalist of the Year, in 1971 – and covered all of the major developments in the territory, from the British government’s introduction of internment without trial of IRA suspects, through the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in January 1972, to the British army crackdown during Operation Motorman. During this period he became a frequent commentator on and contributor to BBC radio. He was also briefly detached from Ireland to Calcutta, to undertake his first foreign assignment for the newspaper, covering the war that led to the independence from Pakistan of the new Bengali homeland of Bangladesh. Following Washington he was posted in 1977 to New Delhi as India Correspondent,– driving the family Volvo to India from Oxford, in the days when it was entirely possible and congenial to drive through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan – and there covered events across the region that included the period of Emergency Rule of Indira Gandhi, the Soviet-backed coup d’etat in Afghanistan, and the various assassinations and small wars that characterized the subcontinent for the next three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polar Podcasts
29: Kent Brooks: Mantle xenoliths and dislocated shoulders

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 11:12 Transcription Available


In this episode we hear more from Kent Brooks, emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about the chance discovery of an unusual rock he picked up in East Greenland that led to years of productive research about the nature of the Earth's mantle far beneath the Earth's surface.

Polar Podcasts
28: Bjørn Thomassen: Encounters with animals while prospecting for lead-zinc in east Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 12:48 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear more from Bjørn Thomassen, Emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about some of his experiences with wildlife around Flemming Fjord, in central East Greenland, while prospecting for barium, lead and zinc.

Polar Podcasts
26: Bjørn Thomassen – Stalked by a polar bear in East Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 10:58 Transcription Available


In this episode we hear more from Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about a close encounter with a polar bear while on field work in east Greenland.

Polar Podcasts
19: Kent Brooks: “Nanoq! Nanoq!” Close encounters with polar bears in East Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 13:08 Transcription Available


In this episode we hear more from Kent Brooks, emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about his encounters with polar bears while on geological field work in East Greenland. 

Polar Podcasts
18: Agnete Steenfelt – The beginnings of systematic geochemical exploration of Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 13:18 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear more from Agnete Steenfelt, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about introducing a program of stream sediment sampling to surveys in East Greenland in the mid-1970s – a program that would ultimately grow to decades of work and tens of thousands of samples covering almost the entirety of Greenland.

Polar Podcasts
16: Kent Brooks: Discovering gold in the Skaergaard intrusion

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 18:51 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear more from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen. After a sabbatical working in Papua New Guinea in the mid-1980s, Kent returned to working in East Greenland and the next phase in the story of understanding the Skaergaard intrusion – discovering gold .

Polar Podcasts
15: Agnete Steenfelt – Exploring for uranium in East Greenland in the 1970s

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 11:30 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear from Agnete Steenfelt, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about how she started out with the Geological Survey of Greenland in 1972 exploring for uranium – the beginnings of what would become a career that brought modern geochemical mapping and exploration to Greenland 

Polar Podcasts
14: Bjørn Thomassen – One Man Expedition in East Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 9:28 Transcription Available


In this episode we hear from Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his one man expedition in East Greenland while working for the Nordic Mining Company in 1973, an expedition that subsequently resulted in extensive exploration for copper. 

Polar Podcasts
13: Kent Brooks: “Mayday, mayday, mayday, helicopter going down”

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 8:18 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about a very close call while working for a mineral exploration company in East Greenland in the early 1970s.

Polar Podcasts
11: Bjørn Thomassen and Kent Brooks: The discovery of the Flammefjeld porphyry molybdenum deposit

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 21:44 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, and Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about the summers of 1970 and 71 working for the Nordic Mining Company in East Greenland, when they discovered Flammefjeld, a spectacular red and yellow mountain that hides a buried mineral deposit, still undrilled fifty years later.

Polar Podcasts
10: Niels Henriksen: Mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt – the Alps of East Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 14:17 Transcription Available


In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his years spent mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt, an ancient mountain belt in remote parts of northeast Greenland.

Polar Podcasts
03: Kent Brooks: The kindling of a 50-year career studying East Greenland

Polar Podcasts

Play Episode Play 39 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 18:48 Transcription Available


In this episode we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor from the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about how his fifty year career studying the geology of Greenland, was kindled. And about his first – very memorable – field season in east Greenland in 1965.

University of Cambridge Museums

Steven Goodwin's soundscape Windswept No. 3 is inspired by Phyllis Wager's typewriter in the collection of the Polar Museum. When Phyllis Wager travelled to East Greenland as part of a British expedition in 1935, it was so unusual for women to travel to the Polar regions that special permission was needed from the Foreign Office. What can her typewriter tell us about her work? Steven writes, "This soundscape transitions from the literal to the abstract. Beginning with the Arctic blizzard, you can hear the typewriter being prepared for a session. Then, as the keys start hammering, the blizzard subsides and the key strokes become longer and longer to representing the slowing of time experience when writing. The typewrite sounds are stretched, and applied with effects such that they eventually sound like a blizzard, to reflect the authors experience - now of an internalised reality which has replaced the outside wind. Such is the intensity of the writing process that the listener hardly notices the outside blizzard has disappeared, and the key strokes become so long (to represent the 6-month long arctic days and nights) that they take the place of the outside wind. It is appealing because it reflects the way we internalise our thought processes in isolation. Whether a literal lockdown isolation, or a virtual one as experienced when playing games, or reading books. I approached it as an exercise in taking one sound from the object (the typewriter), and processing it until it sounded like the environment in which it was used (the Arctic.) Getting objects understood and reflect in situ, especially through alternate mediums, I find to be quite different to a museum's printed label." Charlotte Connelly, Museum Curator at the Polar Museum, responds: "I got a lot from this interpretation of the typewriter and the writer’s experience. For all that the expedition took place in a relatively isolated part of Greenland, the expedition members were living in close quarters for much of the time. I imagine writing could have been a retreat from the day-to-day activities of living in a remote part of Greenland, and really enjoyed the meditative feeling I got from this piece." This track is part of the Museum Remix: Unheard project. Find out more at www.museums.cam.ac.uk/museumremix. You can find out more about Phyllis Wager's typewriter at: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/magic/phyllis-wagers-typewriter

University of Cambridge Museums
Phyllis Wager: A Typewriter's Tale

University of Cambridge Museums

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 2:47


Lewis Harrower and Andrea Elder's soundscape explores the story behind Phyllis Wager's Typewriter in the Polar Museum's collection. When Phyllis Wager travelled to East Greenland as part of a British expedition in 1935, it was so unusual for women to travel to the Polar regions that special permission was needed from the Foreign Office. What can her typewriter tell us about her work? Lewis and Andrea write: "We share an interest in old technologies and were excited to tell a different story of the Polar expedition showcasing the day to day as well as the hiking in freezing conditions. Our approach was to imagine the lives of these researchers behind the reports. The stories we tell through the soundscape were gathered from the obituary of Phyllis and other research. We hope to have encapsulated the whole experience in just a short time and allow the listener to imagine for themselves what it may have been like." Charlotte Connelly, Museum Curator at the Polar Museum responds: "I really enjoyed listening to this and imagining Phyllis typing up her notes while she reflected on travelling through the Greenlandic landscape or socialising with her fellow expedition members. It felt like a brilliant whistle-stop tour of the expedition, thank you!" This track is part of the Museum Remix: Unheard project. Find out more at www.museums.cam.ac.uk/museumremix You can find out more about Phyllis Wager's typewriter here: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/magic/phyllis-wagers-typewriter

University of Cambridge Museums

Sara Green's poem Typewritten is inspired by Phyllis Wager's typewriter, now in the collection of the Polar Museum. When Phyllis Wager travelled to East Greenland as part of a British expedition in 1935, it was so unusual for women to travel to the Polar regions that special permission was needed from the Foreign Office. What can her typewriter tell us about her work? Sara writes, "The idea of being invisible in science and history chimed strongly with me - it appealed to capture what the typewriter must have felt, but not recorded." Charlotte Connelly, Museum Curator at the Polar Museum responds: "I love the idea of the typewriter speaking directly to us, and telling us about its experiences. I especially enjoyed thinking about how the journey to Greenland would cause the typewriter to contract and creak. I also thought it was brilliant to explore how much of the work of an expedition is as transient as a heartbeat or footprints in the snow; only the clear black letters produced by the typewriter survive to tell the tale." This track is part of the Museum Remix: Unheard project. Find out more at: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/museumremix Find out more about Phyllis Wager's typewriter at: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/magic/phyllis-wagers-typewriter

Futility Closet
257-The Sledge Patrol

Futility Closet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 32:57


In 1943 an isolated sledge patrol came upon a secret German weather station in northeastern Greenland. The discovery set off a series of dramatic incidents that unfolded across 400 miles of desolate coast. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow this arctic struggle, an often overlooked drama of World War II. We'll also catch some speeders and puzzle over a disastrous remedy. Intro: In 1970 the Journal of Organic Chemistry published a paper in blank verse. In 1899 the Journal of Mental Science described a man who cycled in his sleep. Sources for our feature on the North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol: David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol, 1957. Mark Llewellyn Evans, Great World War II Battles in the Arctic, 1999. John McCannon, A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration and Exploitation, 2012. Bjørnar Olsen and Þóra Pétursdóttir, Ruin Memories: Materialities, Aesthetics and the Archaeology of the Recent Past, 2014. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008. Jens Fog Jensen and Tilo Krause, "Wehrmacht Occupations in the New World: Archaeological and Historical Investigations in Northeast Greenland," Polar Record 48:3 (2012), 269-279. Leif Vanggaard, "The Effects of Exhaustive Military Activities in Man: The Performance of Small Isolated Military Units in Extreme Environmental Conditions," Royal Danish Navy Gentofte (Denmark) Danish Armed Forces Health Services, 2001. "History: The Sledge Patrol," Arctic Journal, April 6, 2017. M.J. Dunbar, "Greenland During and Since the Second World War," International Journal 5:2 (Spring 1950), 121-140. Maria Ackrén and Uffe Jakobsen, "Greenland as a Self-Governing Sub-National Territory in International Relations: Past, Current and Future Perspectives," Polar Record 51:4 (July 2015), 404-412. Anthony K. Higgins, "Exploration History and Place Names of Northern East Greenland," Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Bulletin 21, 2010. David Howarth, "Secrets of the Unknown War," Saturday Evening Post 230:9 (Aug. 31, 1957), 30-90. Stephan Wilkinson, "10 Great POW Escapes," Military History 28:4 (November 2011), 28-33. Denver David Robinson, "The World's Most Unusual Military Unit," Christian Science Monitor, June 22, 2016. Robert P. Sables, "Coast Guard Emergency Acquisitions in WWII," Sea Classics 36:10 (October 2003), 12. "News From the Field," American Foreign Service Journal 21:7 (July 1944), 363, 397. Joe Alex Morris, "The Nazis Get Licked in Greenland," Saturday Evening Post 216:35 (Feb. 26, 1944), 16-86. Kevin L. Jamison, "The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory [review]," Military Review 83:4 (July/August 2003), 67. Denver David Robinson, "The Men on the Ice," Boston Globe, March 19, 2016, 1. "Danes Get Merit Medals; Group Is Honored for Reporting Nazi Base in Greenland," New York Times, June 10, 1944. Sidney Shalett, "Secret Nazi Base in Arctic Erased; U.S. Planes and Coast Guard Discover and Destroy Radio Station Off Greenland," New York Times, Nov. 10, 1943. Eric Niderost, "The Weather War of WWII," Warfare History Network, Dec. 11, 2018. Listener mail: "Debate to Decide How 'Shrewsbury' Should be Pronounced?", BBC News, July 2, 2015. "Shroosbury Voted the Triumphant Pronunciation in Charity Debate," University Centre Shrewsbury, July 3, 2015. "What Means 'Strekningsmåling' on Norwegian Roads?", Travel Blog Europe, June 19, 2018. Tanya Mohn, "Does The U.S. Take Road Safety Seriously? The Low Cost of Traffic Violations Suggests We Don't," Forbes, Nov. 27, 2018. "BBC's 'Top Gear' Allegedly Caught Speeding Through Norway at 151 MPH," Fox News, June 26, 2017. "Norway," Speeding Europe, July 7, 2019. Wikipedia, "SPECS (speed camera)" (accessed July 3, 2019). "Speed Cameras Catch One Million Offenders on A2 and A12 Last Year," DutchNews.nl, Feb. 7, 2018. Patrick Scott and Ellie Kempster, "A Record Two Million Speeding Tickets Were Handed Out Last Year -- How Punitive Are the Roads You Drive on?", Telegraph, Oct. 25, 2018. Wikipedia, "Pit Stop" (accessed July 4, 2019). Wikipedia, "Denny Hulme" (accessed July 4, 2019). "Denny Hulme," New Zealand History, Nov. 8, 2017. "Denny Hulme," ESPN (accessed July 4, 2019). Susan Orlean, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, 2011. Susan Orlean, "The Dog Star," New Yorker, Aug. 22, 2011. Bruce Davis, "No, Rin Tin Tin Didn't Really Win the First Best Actor Oscar," The Wrap, Feb. 15, 2017. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was devised by Greg. Here's a corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

STEM Fatale Podcast
Episode 010 - Ride Sally Ride!

STEM Fatale Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 48:24


Emma tells Emlyn about the first American woman and LGBTQ+ astronaut in space, Dr. Sally Ride, and Emlyn tells Emma about mammals going nocturnal and narwhal sounds!   Sources: Main Story - Sally Ride Article by astronaut and engineer Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar: https://theconversation.com/astronaut-sally-k-rides-legacy-encouraging-young-women-to-embrace-science-and-engineering-97371 Interview by Rebecca Wright for NASA in 2002: https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/RideSK/RideSK_10-22-02.htm Interview by Gloria Steinem in 1983 after Sally’s first space flight : https://blankonblank.org/interviews/sally-ride-space-shuttle-first-woman-space-nasa/#read-more Obituary in the NY Times by Denise Grady https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?pagewanted=all Article by Dr. Rhea Seddon: http://astronautrheaseddon.com/the-first-six-american-women-astronauts/ Review and summary of Lynn Sherr’s book by Andrew Liptak: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-secret-life-of-sally-ride-the-first-american-woman-1586255004 (Extra reading) Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space  http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sally-Ride/Lynn-Sherr/9781476725772 Sally Ride Science Website: https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/about/    Sally Ride’s UCSD research page: http://casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/personal/sride.html   Women who werk Shoutout #1 Gaynor, K. M., Hojnowski, C. E., Carter, N. H. & Brashares, J. S. The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science 360, 1232–1235 (2018).    Shoutout #2 Here’s what narwhals sound like underwater: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/what-narwhals-sound-underwater?tgt=nr Blackwell SB, Tervo OM, Conrad AS, Sinding MHS, Hansen RG, et al. (2018) Spatial and temporal patterns of sound production in East Greenland narwhals. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0198295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198295   Music “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett “Work” by Rihanna “Mary Anning” by Artichoke

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
East Greenland Part 4 - Aerial Glacier Photos

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016 17:31


The concluding episode of a four part series to share my experiences and ten more images from my recent East Greenland photography adventure, including some pretty special aerial glacier photos. Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/542 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)
East Greenland Part 4 - Aerial Glacier Photos

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016 17:31


The concluding episode of a four part series to share my experiences and ten more images from my recent East Greenland photography adventure, including some pretty special aerial glacier photos. Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/542 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
East Greenland Part 3 - Breaching Whale Photos!

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016 13:35


The third of a four part series to share my experiences from my recent East Greenland photography adventure, including some breaching whale photos! Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/541 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)
East Greenland Part 3 - Breaching Whale Photos!

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016 13:35


The third of a four part series to share my experiences from my recent East Greenland photography adventure, including some breaching whale photos! Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/541 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)
East Greenland Part 2 - Icebergs and Mountains

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 9:40


Part two of my East Greenland travelogue, in which we visit the Sermilik Fjord, the Johan Petersen Fjord and the Hann Glacier. Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/540 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
East Greenland Part 2 - Icebergs and Mountains

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 9:40


Part two of my East Greenland travelogue, in which we visit the Sermilik Fjord, the Johan Petersen Fjord and the Hann Glacier. Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/540 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)
East Greenland Part 1 - Tasiilaq, Glaciers and Icebergs

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Old MP3 Feed)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2016 13:48


Today we start a travelogue series to cover my recent seven day tour of East Greenland, based in Tasiilaq. What an amazing place! Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/539 Music by Martin Bailey

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
East Greenland Part 1 - Tasiilaq, Glaciers and Icebergs

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2016 13:48


Today we start a travelogue series to cover my recent seven day tour of East Greenland, based in Tasiilaq. What an amazing place! Text and Images: https://mbp.ac/539 Music by Martin Bailey

RTÉ - Mornings with Dave Fanning
Children Taking Risks

RTÉ - Mornings with Dave Fanning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015 15:15


10 students, all aged 16 to 18, have just returned to the UK from a month-long trip to an uncharted Greenland mountain at Constable Point, East Greenland. The man behind the trip, Gavin Horgan, their headmaster at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire chats to Dave about their trip and how they coped with such an adventure