"METEORITE SEARCH IN
ANTARTICA"
Antarctica is an extraordinary place for the search
of meteorites for three reason:
- the dark fusion crusted extraterrestrial extraterrestrial
stones are easily spotted on the ice surfer;
- the cold arid climate preserves meteorites up to
1 million years;
- meteorites fallen on the vast antarctic plateau
in the last million years are concentrated, by ice dynamics, in
small blue ice field called "meteorites traps".
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| Scientific advisors:
L. Folco, N.Perchiazzi
VHS, 17 minutes long
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Scientific
advisors:
L. Folco, M. Mellini, A.Zeoli
VHS, 4 minutes long
Production and 3D graphics:
INSEKT Studio
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The Museo has produced two versions of
the video which documents the Italian meteorite search activity in
Antarctica since 1990.
The first version shows the life of researchers in a remote camp at
Frontier Mountain and the search activites. In the second version,
updated with images of the 1999/2000 campaign, emphasis is given on
the explanation of the mechanisms that causes the concentration of
meteorites of blu ice areas.
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