Dr. Bruce D. Marsh, professor of earth and planetary science at Johns Hopkins University, will give a lecture titled "Antarctic Exploration: Discovery and Tragedy" at Hamilton College on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m., in room G041 of the Science Center. It is free and open to the public.
Marsh is the 2008-2009 Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Speaker. His talk will focus on the British Empire's voyages to Antarctica in the early 20th century, the empire's final wave of exploration.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott commanded in 1902 an expedition to McMurdo Sound to winter-over, study the ice, geology, weather, animals, and, above all, to seek the South Geographic Pole. This expedition established Antarctica as an enchanting land of astonishing terrains, climates, biology, geology, and mystery. It remains Earth's last frontier; a jumping off point to Mars, a Rosetta Stone to understanding Earth volcanism, and a laboratory of climate change. The mix of science and exploration in this remote, treacherous, and breathtakingly beautiful landscape remains as poignant today as in the times of Scott. All of this will be re-enacted through historic pictures in a framework of Marsh's own expeditions over the past 15 years.
Marsh is the 2008-2009 Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Speaker. His talk will focus on the British Empire's voyages to Antarctica in the early 20th century, the empire's final wave of exploration.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott commanded in 1902 an expedition to McMurdo Sound to winter-over, study the ice, geology, weather, animals, and, above all, to seek the South Geographic Pole. This expedition established Antarctica as an enchanting land of astonishing terrains, climates, biology, geology, and mystery. It remains Earth's last frontier; a jumping off point to Mars, a Rosetta Stone to understanding Earth volcanism, and a laboratory of climate change. The mix of science and exploration in this remote, treacherous, and breathtakingly beautiful landscape remains as poignant today as in the times of Scott. All of this will be re-enacted through historic pictures in a framework of Marsh's own expeditions over the past 15 years.
