i was really hoping this was going to be an ice skating spectacle with people
dressed up as dinosaurs. oh well... maybe next time 🙂
here's the summary:
dinosaurs on ice
history, science documentary hosted by peter hayden and published by abc in 2008
- english narration
information
deep inside the arctic, scientists are experimenting with extreme palaeontology
methods to unlock the secrets of polar dinosaurs, and perhaps the key to our own
survival on earth. on alaska's north slope there are dinosaur bones, lots of
them. but they're trapped in an icy tomb - an impenetrable wall of permafrost.
dinosaurs on ice follows the journey of two scientists, dr tom rich and dr tony
fiorillo, who undertake separate expeditions to the colville river in alaska's
far north to uncover the dinosaurs' bones and break the ice on a prehistoric
world that until now has been unreachable. but the task is not easy. the weather
is extreme, the location remote.
dr tom rich from the museum of victoria became a leading authority on polar
dinosaurs after discovering them in australia over two decades ago. he wants to
build a mine into the alaskan permafrost to uncover dinosaur bones. dr tony
fiorillo from dallas has been working on the north slope for 10 years, using
more traditional methods.
the idea for the dinosaur mine on alaska's north slope was originally inspired
by dr tom rich's success using the same methods on the coast of australia. for
many years palaeontologists and volunteers painstakingly blasted and drilled
into the base of a 90 metre high cliff in a remote part of the rugged coast of
south eastern australia - the only dinosaur mine in the world.
dressed up as dinosaurs. oh well... maybe next time 🙂
here's the summary:
dinosaurs on ice
history, science documentary hosted by peter hayden and published by abc in 2008
- english narration
information
deep inside the arctic, scientists are experimenting with extreme palaeontology
methods to unlock the secrets of polar dinosaurs, and perhaps the key to our own
survival on earth. on alaska's north slope there are dinosaur bones, lots of
them. but they're trapped in an icy tomb - an impenetrable wall of permafrost.
dinosaurs on ice follows the journey of two scientists, dr tom rich and dr tony
fiorillo, who undertake separate expeditions to the colville river in alaska's
far north to uncover the dinosaurs' bones and break the ice on a prehistoric
world that until now has been unreachable. but the task is not easy. the weather
is extreme, the location remote.
dr tom rich from the museum of victoria became a leading authority on polar
dinosaurs after discovering them in australia over two decades ago. he wants to
build a mine into the alaskan permafrost to uncover dinosaur bones. dr tony
fiorillo from dallas has been working on the north slope for 10 years, using
more traditional methods.
the idea for the dinosaur mine on alaska's north slope was originally inspired
by dr tom rich's success using the same methods on the coast of australia. for
many years palaeontologists and volunteers painstakingly blasted and drilled
into the base of a 90 metre high cliff in a remote part of the rugged coast of
south eastern australia - the only dinosaur mine in the world.
