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Interview Archives: Exploration
Friday February 24, 2012, 10:06 AM
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Wade Davis, Ph.D., Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society; Anthropologist, Ethnobotanist, Filmmaker
Host: David Inge
In the years after World War I, British mountaineers became obsessed with the idea of climbing Mt. Everest. The public, hungry for heroes, followed the project intently. The greatest of all those heroes, arguably the greatest climber of his time, was George Mallory. In 1924, the last of his three attempts ended in his death. Wade Davis tells Mallory’s story and looks at how his generation was shaped by the carnage of the Great War. It’s all in his new book "Into the Silence."
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Categories: Biography • Exploration • History
Thursday February 09, 2012, 11:06 AM
The Ice Balloon: S.A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
Alec Wilkinson, Staff Writer, The New Yorker Magazine
Host: David Inge
In the Summer of 1897, an explorer named Saloman Andree took off from Sweden in an attempt to discover the North Pole by flying lover it in a hydrogen balloon. It was said to be the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration. Andree got into his balloon, floated off, and was never heard from again. For more than 30 years, his fate remained a mystery. We’ll get the story from Alec Wilkinson, author of "The Ice Balloon."
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- Profile, Alec Wilkinson
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- Link to Andrée Expedition Photographs, Grenna Museum Foundation
Categories: Exploration
Tuesday October 04, 2011, 11:06 AM
"The James Webb Space Telescope"
Jonathan P. Gardner, Ph.D., Chief of the Observational Cosmology Laboratory; the Deputy Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Exploration • Science • Astronomy
Wednesday September 15, 2010, 10:06 AM
Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in th Third Age of Discovery
Stephen J. Pyne, Ph.D., Human Dimensions Faculty, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Host: Bill Hammack
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Categories: Exploration • Science • Space Exploration
Friday September 03, 2010, 10:06 AM
Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
James M. Tabor, Writer; Host of PBS series, The Great Outdoors
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Exploration
Monday February 01, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
Adam Leith Gollner, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Agriculture • Behavior • Ecology • Exploration • Fair Trade • Health • History • Horticulture • Science
