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Mary MillerMary Miller is a science writer, Webcast producer and host, and project director for Ice Stories at the Exploratorium. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and marine studies, and a master's certificate in Science Communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she also teaches a Web media course in the graduate science-writing program. In 2001, Mary led a team of museum educators, media producers, and Webcasters to Antarctica, where she spent Christmas at the South Pole, dove under the ice in McMurdo Sound, and spent time with penguins and in Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds. In 2008, she'll be on a Greenland expedition in July, and will return to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in December.

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Miniature Ecosystems on the Ice

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- Here’s your bit o’ science jargon for the day: cryoconite. It’s a word I encountered in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica seven years… {Read More »}



Fox in Two Colors

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On our excursions out of Kanger, Lisa and I always had our eyes peeled for wildlife. We were hoping to catch sight of… {Read More »}



Greenland’s Glacier Lakes, Pt. 2

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- When scientists try to discover why a large glacier in Greenland suddenly speeds up, they look for all kinds of clues, including the sudden flood of water to the base of the glacier when a giant melt lake cracks the ice open. In this video, we ask scientist Ian Joughin about the significance of these floods... {Read More »}



Greenland’s Glacier Lakes

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- The Exploratorium crew has moved to Ilulissat, a beautiful town 250 kilometers above the Arctic Circle on the west coast of Greenland. This is a gathering place for glaciologists because it’s close to the one of the world’s fastest-moving and most productive glaciers, the Jakobshavn glacier... {Read More »}



Atop the Ice Sheet

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- As discussed in my last dispatch, Lisa and I got up to the Greenland Ice Sheet, tagging along with a group of glaciologists on a rock-hunting expedition. In this video dispatch, I give a quick update from atop the second largest ice sheet in the world... {Read More »}



Rock Hunting in Greenland

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- Every scientist going into the field has a plan, but things rarely go exactly as planned. Today was a perfect example. We drove… {Read More »}



The Other KISS

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- Upon arrival at the Kangerlussuaq International Science Support center (affectionately known as KISS), I decided to give a quick video update... {Read More »}



Destination: Melting Greenland

EN ROUTE TO KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- (Onboard an LC-130 from Stratton National Air Guard Base) For scientists doing research in Greenland, and those of us lucky… {Read More »}