tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538652736607691610.post6803466370826825267..comments2023-04-18T08:01:38.234-07:00Comments on Montclair State University in (Ant)Arctica: Whales, the sun, core, and a view on the Adelie Coast, AntarcticaSandra Passchierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15836510679963445842noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538652736607691610.post-42917882443603293682016-12-13T20:29:53.863-08:002016-12-13T20:29:53.863-08:00Hello Sandra!
My name is Miranda Knutson. I am cu...Hello Sandra!<br /><br />My name is Miranda Knutson. I am currently a student at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. I am enrolled in a introductory Antarctic Geoscience course, and one of our assignments as to read through your blog posts along your journey! I very much enjoyed learning about your expedition and reading through your commentary. <br /><br />I am actually emphasizing in the fine arts, specifically painting and ceramics, which lead me to some correlated questions that I was hoping you might have time to answer?<br /><br />1) Was there a painter abroad your team to capture the beauty of the sites such as the the spectacular view of the white horizon of the East Antarctic ice sheet? <br /><br />2) Later in your blog you mentioned a snippet about the gamma ray tool, “Another tool is the gamma-ray tool. This tool is able to detect potassium-bearing minerals by exciting the potassium atoms with a radioactive source. In many cases the potassium-bearing phases are clay minerals, so it can be used to pick up fine-grained beds that were missed when coring,” as a ceramicist, I was curious if any of these clay minerals were mined for the use of possible materials for the clay industry? Or if you knew about mining in Antarctica for any clay related elements?<br /><br />Thanks again for sharing your experience!Miranda Knutsonnoreply@blogger.com