Speaker's Night: Hunting Meteorites at the End of the World

Dr. Marianne Mader, Managing Director, Centres for Earth & Space and Fossils & Evolution, Royal Ontario Museum

Camping and working in the southernmost, coldest, highest, driest, windiest, least populated continent on Earth is no easy feat! Every year a team of meteorite hunters collects meteorites along the base of the Transantarctic Mountains. How do these explorers survive? What's so special about these rocks? And why go all the way to Antarctica to find them? Come hear Dr. Marianne Mader, a participant of the 2012-2013 ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) Program talk about her experience and then put yourself in her shoes by practicing a little meteorite hunting of your own!

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Who can attend: everyone including non-members
Fee: free
Reservation not needed
Location: North York Memorial Community Hall, 5110 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON  M2N 6M1
Meeting Room: Burgundy Room A