The Trip To Lake Untersee
Cross a treacherous crevasse aboard a Pisten Bully (a giant snow bulldozer) with Dr. Philipp Heck as he joins Dr. Dale Andersen's team along the shores of Antarctica's frozen Lake Untersee. This is the second installment in a series of video journals by Dr. Heck documenting the 2012 joint expedition between The Field Museum, the Geological Survey of India, the Russian Antarctic Expedition, and the SETI Institute. The expedition was sponsored by The Tawani Foundation.
During the expedition, team members organized a search for meteorites and sampled stromatolites (living fossils) that can found in Antarctica's glaciers and lakes. The team's continuing research aims to shed light on the formation of our solar system and the origins of life on our planet.
Be sure to check out Video Journal #3: “Diving for Stromatolites” at vimeo.com/101051134.
For more about Dr. Heck's Antarctica Expedition, please visit expeditions.fieldmuseum.org/antarctic-meteorites.
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