Tag: Alaska
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Reminder: ESCONI November 2023 General Meeting – Friday, November 10th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”
The November 2023 General Meeting will feature Jaelyn Eberle, the Interim Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the University of Colorado. She will present “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”. Jaelyn’s research focuses on the study of mammalian faunas during past intervals of climate…
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ESCONI November 2023 General Meeting – Friday, November 10th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”
The November 2023 General Meeting will feature Jaelyn Eberle, the Interim Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the University of Colorado. She will present “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”. Jaelyn’s research focuses on the study of mammalian faunas during past intervals of climate…
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”We Were Freaking Out” – Scientists Explore Dinosaur Coliseum
SciTechDaily has a story about the discovery of extensive dinosaur trackways in Alaska. The trackways were found in Denali National Park and Preserve by researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is the largest documented single dinosaur track site in Alaska. The area of the tracks spans the size of one and a half…
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PBS Eons: How To Survive the Little Ice Age
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. Instead of northern Europe, this one looks at the little ice age in North America and how people survived. Nunalleq, a village in what’s today southwest Alaska, seemed to have thrived during the Little Ice Age. How did this village manage to survive and prosper during this…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #38: Hunting Gold in Alaska
As part of the celebration of ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #38. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Rich Rock joined ESCONI in 1970. And, come on… could there be a better name for a member of ESCONI? He has served as Field…
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Meetings This Weekend
Friday, 11/13, General Meeting, 8:00 pm, College of Dupage, Rm K 131, Speaker: Dr. David Malone speaking on Exploring for Manto-Style Pb-Zn-Ag Deposits in the Forty-Mile Range, East Central Alaska Saturday, 11/14, Mineralogy Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Micromineralogy of the Upper Pennisula, explanation of how to create a…
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General Meeting, Sat. 11/13, Dr. David Malone, Manto-Style Deposits in Alaska
General Meeting, 8:00 pm, COD, Rm K 131, Speaker: Dr. David Malone, who is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography-Geology at Illinois State University (ISU). He has
