Nine to Noon in Antarctica
Dr Tim Haskell
Dr Tim Haskell is a distinguished scientist with Industrial Research Limited - and until recently was chief advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Antarctic environmental matters. He has also been awarded both the Antarctic Medal and the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Hector Medal for physical sciences for his work in Antarctica.
Key to Dr Haskell's research is the sea ice programme - which is collaborative effort between several New Zealand Universities and Crown research institutes as well as overseas institutions.
Kathryn Ryan spoke to him in what is one of the original Scott Base huts.
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Nine to Noon in Antarctica - Dr Tim Haskell ( 25′ 30″ )
Kathryn Ryan talks to Dr Tim Haskell, a distinguished scientist with Industrial Research Limited. Dr Haskell has been involved in Antarctic research for the past three decades and has been awarded both the Antarctic Medal and the Royal Society of New Zealand's Hector Medal for physical sciences for his work in Antarctica.
Gallery: Tim Haskell, Sea Ice Pressure Ridges & Scott Base
Dr Tim Haskell at Scott Base.
In early December 2011 Nine to Noon's presenter Kathryn Ryan and producer, Caitlin Cherry were invited by Antarctica New Zealand to visit Scott Base on Ross island in Antarctica.
The purpose of the visit was to interview scientists doing key research into climate change, as well as to mark the polar centenary. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 - closely followed by Robert Falcon Scott.
Galleries
- Turtle Rock
- Tim Haskell, Sea Ice Pressure Ridges & Scott Base
- Adelie Penguins
- Sir Edmund Hillary in Antarctica and Scott and Shackleton's huts
- Arrival Heights Laboratory
- Scott's Hut at Cape Evans
- Ice fishing with Clive Evans
Antarctica on Radio New Zealand
- Our Changing World in Antarctica
A collection of Our Changing World stories about Antarctica. - Pole to Pole
A documentary series marking the International Polar Year 2007-2008 by exploring some of the world’s most remote and vulnerable regions.
Links
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
- Antarctic New Zealand
- Antarctica and New Zealand on NZ History online
- Roald Amundsen on Papers Past
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