SEMINAR: National Geographic Research & Exploration Evening Lecture - September 25th 7:30pm - Coral Gables campus

[Laura Bracken <lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu>]

National Geographic presents at the University of Miami

An Evening of Field Research and Exploration

Featuring National Geographic Society (NGS) Vice President of Research, Conservation and Exploration John Francis, NGS Emerging Explorer and UM Professor Kenny Broad, and North Face athlete Peter Athans, describing their adventures both underwater and in exotic locales around the globe. 

John Francis will discuss his role at NGS, as well as his work on the ‘Crittercam’, a research tool that can be worn by wild animals to obtain video and audio recordings and environmental data. Francis pioneered the use of ‘Crittercam’ to study marine mammals. The program will also feature Kenny Broad, who participated in a challenging expedition to study underwater caves and ‘blue holes’ in the Bahamas, as stunningly depicted in the cover story of the August 2010 National Geographic magazine. Pete Athans will share highlights from his journeys to Nepal’s remote Kingdom of Mustang, where above-ground caves have rare pre-Buddhist antiquities.

WHAT:  Fascinating, free talk by National Geographic Society (NGS) and North Face explorers

WHERE:  University of Miami, Storer Auditorium, Coral Gables, FL

WHEN: Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.



Contacts:
Barbra Gonzalez, UM Rosenstiel School, 305-421-4704, barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
Marie Guma-Diaz, UM University Communications, 305-284-160, m.gumadiaz@umiami.edu
Laura Bracken, UM Rosenstiel School, 305-421-4207, lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu