15: Agnete Steenfelt – Exploring for uranium in East Greenland in the 1970s
In this episode, we hear from Agnete Steenfelt, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about how she started out with the Geological Survey of Greenland in 1972 e...
6 Okt 202011min
14: Bjørn Thomassen – One Man Expedition in East Greenland
In this episode we hear from Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his one man expedition in East Greenland while working for the Nordic M...
29 Sep 20209min
13: Kent Brooks: “Mayday, mayday, mayday, helicopter going down”
In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about a very close call while working for a mineral exploration company in East Greenland in the e...
22 Sep 20208min
12: Niels Henriksen – Mapping remote, uninhabited eastern North Greenland
In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about geological mapping in the most inaccessible part of Greenland – n...
15 Sep 202013min
11: Bjørn Thomassen and Kent Brooks: The discovery of the Flammefjeld porphyry molybdenum deposit
In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, and Bjørn Thomassen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, ...
8 Sep 202021min
10: Niels Henriksen: Mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt – the Alps of East Greenland
In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his years spent mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt, an ancient moun...
1 Sep 202014min
09: Kent Brooks: Earliest drilling of the remarkable Skaergaard layered intrusion
In this episode, we hear more from Kent Brooks – Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen – about the Skaergaard Intrusion, which he first encountered on a geological expedition in 19...
25 Aug 202020min
08: Brian Upton: Beginnings of understanding plate tectonics, “a hell of an exciting time!”
In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh, about his early years as a researcher when the theory of plate tectonics was being developed, his t...
18 Aug 202012min
