Joint GSA & AIG Event Winter Antarctic Night

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Joint GSA & AIG Event Winter Antarctic Night


Winter Antarctic Night 22nd August

Date

Thursday 22nd August 6:00 pm

 


 

Venue

University of Tasmania, School of Earth Sciences, Main Lecture Theatre, Hobart.

 


 

Alessandra Martati (TBC) from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies with:
Geology under the ice

Barbara Frankel from the Australian Antarctic Division with:

The Cape Adare Pendant: A few months ago, a polished stone pendant was handed in to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery that had been found in an Op Shop. It had a label claiming it was from Cape Adare, Antarctica, collected in 1900. Barbara unravels the historic and geological mysteries of the pendant and whether it’s the real deal

“Guest speaker, Barbara Frankel, standing next to an erratic dolerite boulder near Davis Research Station. January2014.” Photo Barbara Frankel

 


Contact

Any questions? Please direct all correspondence to the Tasmanian branch secretary, Jane Capp via tas@aig.org.au