23: Bjørn Thomassen: Vertical fieldwork – exploring the niobium-tantalum-enriched Motzfeldt Intrusion
In this episode we hear more from Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist, about his first job working for the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, running a field program to study the niobi...
1 Des 202018min
22: Bjørn Thomassen – Mining the Black Angel
In this episode, we hear more from Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his time working as a geologist and later a mine inspector at t...
24 Nov 202024min
21: Niels Henriksen: Reaching remote western North Greenland – mapping the Thule region
In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about geological mapping in remote western North Greenland in the mid 1...
17 Nov 202014min
20: Allen Nutman: “What if the boundary is folded?” – figuring out the structure of Earth’s ancient crust
In this episode, we hear more from Allen Nutman, Professor of Geology at the University of Wollongong in Australia, about how his mapping work together with Vic McGregor and Clark Friend led to the be...
10 Nov 202014min
19: Kent Brooks: “Nanoq! Nanoq!” Close encounters with polar bears in East Greenland
In this episode we hear more from Kent Brooks, emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about his encounters with polar bears while on geological field work in East Greenland.
3 Nov 202013min
18: Agnete Steenfelt – The beginnings of systematic geochemical exploration of Greenland
In this episode, we hear more from Agnete Steenfelt, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about introducing a program of stream sediment sampling to surveys in ...
27 Okt 202013min
17: Allen Nutman: “Paired for life” – the beginning of a career mapping the oldest rocks in the world
In this episode we hear from Allen Nutman, Professor of Geology at the University of Wollongong in Australia, about his early years working as a field assistant in Greenland while studying geology at ...
20 Okt 202018min
16: Kent Brooks: Discovering gold in the Skaergaard intrusion
In this episode, we hear more from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen. After a sabbatical working in Papua New Guinea in the mid-1980s, Kent returned to working in ...
13 Okt 202018min
