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Video Information
The Live from Antarctica 2 programs were broadcast on January 23, January
30, and February 6, 1997. Please check below for information on all three
programs.
Real Audio files and transcripts will be made available from this page shortly
for your convenience. Information on ordering the videos for those unable
to receive and tape the programs is now available: Ordering
Information.
The Live from Antarctica 2 telecasts are presented by Passport to Knowledge
in association with Mississippi State University, David N. Hutto, Director,
University Television Center.
Broadcast Information
Programs and Initial Air Dates and Times
Program 1 Oceans, Ice & Life
Thursday, January 23, 1997, 13:00-14:00 Eastern
The chilly waters of Antarctica are -- surprisingly -- at times more productive
than those of the tropics: this program shows us how and why. Sail to Palmer
Station aboard the R.V. Polar Duke, across the Drake Passage, the
roughest waters on Earth. During this first live telecast, from on board
ship, meet the researchers who are studying the interaction of the marine
food chain, and see how life on and in the ocean waxes and wanes along with
the seasonal ice sheets. See how researchers sample the smallest lifeforms
in the ocean, and their connection up the food chain to seals, penguins
and whales. This program demonstrates the adaptation of life to such extreme
conditions, and shows how scientists must also adapt their lives and research
techniques to the environment. (Full Description)
Program 2 The Secrets of Survival
Thursday, January 30, 1997, 13:00-14:00 Eastern
For the fifty researchers and their support teams who live at Palmer during
the Antarctic summer, commuting to work involves a daily trip from the relative
safety and comfort of the main research station aboard small Zodiac inflatables
out to their desolate study sites, over waters that would kill in minutes
in the event of an accident. Travel with them, live, to Torgersen Island,
to study Adelie penguins and their newborn chicks; to Humble and Dream Island
to observe the skuas who prey on them, and find out the fascinating connections
between each season's ice and weather, and which young creatures will live
and die. This program looks at the secrets of survival for both the wildlife
and the human researchers who journey to the ends of the Earth to study
them. (Full Description)
Program 3 Seeing the Future?
Thursday, February 6, 1997, 13:00-14:00 Eastern
Antarctica was the place which first showed humans the ozone hole, and Palmer
Station is one of the key sites which helps us understand how global climate
change may affect the ecosystem of which we are all part. Palmer is the
only place on the Continent where microscopic plants can grow on land, and
the site of an ambitious Long-Term Ecological Research project seeking to
understand the ongoing interaction of ocean, ice, atmosphere and life. This
program presents the latest on ozone and the effects of increased ultraviolet
radiation, and shows how research in Antarctica -- and Palmer in particular
-- helps us understand our entire planetary environment. (Full
Description)
Primary Satellite Coordinates
REPLACEMENT SATELLITE COORDINATES FOR KU-BAND/PBS CARRIAGE:
Telstar 402 R, 7 Lower, 89 degrees West, Frequency 11895 Vertical, 6.2 6.8
Audio
Please note: this refers to distribution of the live programs on the
main satellite used by PBS. Each individual PBS station makes its own,
local decision about whether to carry the programs live on the date and
at the times above, or to record the programs and re-broadcast
them later. Please check with your local station in advance of
air time to verify arrangements in your community!
C-band: NASA-TV: Spacenet 2, 69 degrees West, transponder 5,
channel 9, horizontal, frequency 3880 Mhz, audio on 6.8
NASA-TV carried the programs at the times and dates scheduled except
for the delayed broadcast of Program 3. NASA Administrator Dan Goldin
held a press conference on the NASA budget at 1:00 pm Eastern on February
6, 1997, thus pre-empting Live from Antarctica 2, Program 3. NASA-TV played
back the program on February 6 at 5:00 pm. Any re-air date will be set
by NASA's Education Office in the near future. NASA-TV publishes its monthly
schedule on-line via NASA Spacelink.
Submitting Questions During Live Broadcasts
Students and Teachers who want to submit questions during live broadcasts
should send e-mail to the following address: onair-lfa@quest.arc.nasa.gov.
Videotapes
Videotapes of the programs as broadcast will be available directly from
Passport to Knowledge. Send $15.00, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling
to:
Passport to Knowledge, P.O. Box 1502, Summit, NJ 07902-1502
Off-Air Taping Rights The producers have made the standard public television
Extended Rights period of "one year after initial broadcast"
available for free classroom use.
Last Update: 2/7/97
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