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[2] Ariel Waldman is the director of “Antarctica Unearthed”, a nature documentary about the McMurdo Dry Valleys, which she filmed entirely solo without a film crew during her two month expedition as a researcher with the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER team. In 2024, the documentary was awarded “Official Selection” at Wildscreen Festival. [3]
The Genographic Project, launched on 13 April 2005 by the National Geographic Society and IBM, was a genetic anthropological study (sales discontinued on 31 May 2019) that aimed to map historical human migrations patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples. [1] The final phase of the project was Geno 2.0 Next Generation. [2]
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, [3] sometimes branded as Nat Geo [4]) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. [5] The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine months after the establishment of the society, but is now a popular magazine.
[13] [14] [15] He has shot documentaries for the American Red Cross in Zimbabwe and El Salvador, directed the camera for a PBS series on homeless children in Guatemala and shot eleven National Geographic documentaries. [8] Chisolm has received a Peabody Award, a Columbia duPont Journalism award, two Kodak Vision awards and three CINE Golden ...
Paul Salopek (born February 9, 1962, in Barstow, California) [1] is an American journalist and writer from the United States. [2] [3] [4] He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and was raised in central Mexico. [5]
National Geographic logo. National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography. [1] [2] [3] Throughout the 1970s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the volcanic eruption of Eldfell at Heimaey island in Iceland. [4]
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections is a British documentary series originally broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, and later on BBC2.It is presented by Richard Hammond, and looks at how engineers and designers use historic inventions and clues from the natural world in ingenious ways to develop new buildings and machines.
The term "geo-literacy" arose from the National Geographic Society's "Fight against Geographic Illiteracy." The organization released various media to help explain the concept to the general public. In an editorial, Daniel C. Edelson, vice president for education at National Geographic, said, "The National Geographic Society's concern for geo ...