Media Visitors to Antarctica

		ANTARCTIC MEDIA VISITORS 1996-97 SEASON WHO'S WHO: ANTARCTIC MEDIA VISITORS 1996-97 SEASON Dates in Antarctica and reporting plans (Compiled by Lynn Simarski and Beth Gaston, OLPA) V-015 Maria Stenzel, photographer, National Geographic Magazine Two deployments: Oct. 13-Nov. 12; Jan. 2-31 Maria is a National Geographic contract photographer whose credits include photography for the magazine's story "Antarctic Ice," for which she sailed aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer and shot singular under-ice photos. During her career with the magazine, she has covered such subjects as Walt Whitman, Las Vegas, Old Ironsides, and Siberian native peoples. To shoot for Michael Parfit's article on the geography of and science in the Dry Valleys (see Parfit's entry below), she will deploy in October to catch early-season light, and again in January to illustrate flowing water's role in the valleys' ecosystem, among other topics. V-014 BBC-Horizons film crew: Catherine (Kate) O'Sullivan, producer; Andrew Palmer, Tim Watts, Richard Hill, Tom Hopkins (mountaineer) Nov. 6-Dec. 20 For this flagship BBC-TV science documentary series, the crew will shoot three hour-long shows on Antarctic science and scientists' lives, filmed during deployments with both USAP and the British Antarctic Survey. The series will also be aired in the U.S. on PBS. The team will film McMurdo biology projects, Pole science and tourism, NBP at ice edge, Scott's Hut, Ralph Harvey at Allan Hills, Siple Dome, Phil Kyle at Boomerang Range and Mt. Erebus, and Dave Marchant, Diana Freckman, and Bob Wharton in Dry Valleys, among other sites and individuals. V-021 Kim McDonald, science writer, Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 28-Dec. 18 Kim is a Washington, D.C-based science writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education, an influential weekly newspaper about higher education (people, research, and policy). Kim covers NSF research regularly and has visited Palmer Station as well as NSF research sites in Greenland. He will write about research at the South Pole and at Siple Dome, as well as spend several nights in the field with Ralph Harvey in the Allan Hills, and visit projects in the Dry Valleys. V-017 Eugene Linden, writer, Time Magazine Dec. 2-18 Eugene has been writing about science, technology and the environment for 25 years, joining Time in 1987. He has received several awards including the Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence and the Genesis Award for outstanding writing about animal issues. Eugene will visit Siple Dome, the Dry Valleys and South Pole for his article exploring the question: "Is Antarctica Sending a New Message to Humanity?" He will focus on ice sheet stability with regard to global change and weather patterns. V-022 Mary Roach, freelance writer Dec. 6-20 Mary is a successful freelance writer and a frequent contributor to Outside, Reader's Digest and Discover magazines. She recently was a National Magazine Award finalist for personal service for a Health Magazine article: "How to Win at Germ Warfare," a humorous look at the dangers lurking in your kitchen and bathroom. She will be writing three major articles as a result of her Antarctic trip. She will visit Ralph Harvey at the Allan Hills for an article for Discover Magazine; the South Pole for a general aricle for Reader's Digest; and she will write about survival training for Outside Magazine. V-020 NOVA film crew, led by Robert and Char Gardner Dec. 6-Jan. 6 Gardner Films has contracted to produce a one-hour television documentary for the NOVA science series. The film will focus on the issues of the stability of the West and East Antarctic ice sheets, the possibility of rapid climate change and future sea level rise, the importance and urgency of the multidisciplinary research efforts on these issues, and the scientists themselves. The film crew will visit Siple Dome, Ice Stream C, the Dry Valleys, ANSMET at Allan Hills, South Pole, Nathaniel B. Palmer at the ice edge, as well as film the historic huts and wildlife around McMurdo. Gardner Films' awards include three national and four regional Emmies and an Academy Award nomination. Some credits include "Mesopotamia, Return to Eden," "Egypt, Quest for Immortality," and "Lost Empire of Tiawanaku." V-016 Michael Parfit, writer, National Geographic Magazine Jan. 2-31 A regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, Michael will write a feature story on the geography and science of the Dry Valleys (illustrated by Maria Stenzel's photos--see above). Michael has travelled to Antarctica seven times; his most recent Antarctic story for the magazine was "Restoring a Lost Antarctic Base" (March 1994), about NSF work at East Base. He also wrote the book South Light (about Antarctica), and the narration for the IMAX film "Antarctica." This January, he will walk through the Dry Valleys visiting various science projects, a journey that will provide the narrative structure tying the groups together for his article. Among sites he'll visit are: Lakes Fryxell and Hoare, Taylor Glacier, Lakes Brownworth and Vanda, the McKelvey Valley, and Lake Vida. V-023 Gil Gross, CBS Radio Jan. 5-15 Each weekday evening, Gil hosts "The Gil Gross Show," a 3-hour talk show based in NY, but syndicated throughout the United States. Show topics vary widely, and his shows usually include a guest and call-ins from listeners. While in Antarctica, Gil will host five shows from McMurdo covering a wide variety of science and policy topics. Guests will be with him at McMurdo and may also be "present" by phone from more remote locations. Public callers in the U.S. will be routed through the NY studio and will be able to interact with Gil and his guests. Gil will also travel to Pole, the Dry Valleys, possibly Siple Dome, and around McMurdo and will tape some segments for these shows. PALMER STATION: V-018 Bill Dietrich, science writer, Seattle Times Sept. 24-Nov. 3 Bill plans to report about research taking place on a cruise of the Polar Duke and at Palmer Station. Bill has written for the Seattle Times since 1982; he has reported from McMurdo Station and the Arctic. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for reporting on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and has won a number of other journalism awards. His books include "The Final Forest" about logging in the Pacific Northwest, and "Northwest Passage" about the Columbia River. V-019 Roger Atwood, bureau chief, Reuters News Agency, Santiago, Chile Dec. 18-30 Roger will write between five and eight articles about a Polar Duke research cruise and Palmer Station research. He has worked as a Reuters reporter for ten years in Latin America, with a special interest in environmental issues from rainforest destruction in Brazil to marine mammal hunting in Peru to ozone depletion in Chile. Likely reportage topics for his Palmer trip include ozone depletion, the stability of Antarctic ice shelves, whales, penguins, and pollution and clean-up at Antarctic bases.

ANTARCTIC MEDIA VISITORS 1996-97 SEASON

WHO'S WHO: ANTARCTIC MEDIA VISITORS 1996-97 SEASON Dates in Antarctica and reporting plans (Compiled by Lynn Simarski and Beth Gaston, OLPA)


*V-015 Maria Stenzel, photographer, National Geographic Magazine 
Two deployments: Oct. 13-Nov. 12; Jan. 2-31

Maria is a National Geographic contract photographer whose credits include photography for the magazine's story "Antarctic Ice," for which she sailed aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer and shot singular under-ice photos. During her career with the magazine, she has covered such subjects as Walt Whitman, Las Vegas, Old Ironsides, and Siberian native peoples. To shoot for Michael Parfit's article on the geography of and science in the Dry Valleys (see Parfit's entry below), she will deploy in October to catch early-season light, and again in January to illustrate flowing water's role in the valleys' ecosystem, among other topics.


*V-014 BBC-Horizons film crew: Catherine (Kate) O'Sullivan, 
producer; Andrew Palmer, Tim Watts, Richard Hill, Tom Hopkins 
(mountaineer) Nov. 6-Dec. 20

For this flagship BBC-TV science documentary series, the crew will shoot three hour-long shows on Antarctic science and scientists' lives, filmed during deployments with both USAP and the British Antarctic Survey. The series will also be aired in the U.S. on PBS. The team will film McMurdo biology projects, Pole science and tourism, NBP at ice edge, Scott's Hut, Ralph Harvey at Allan Hills, Siple Dome, Phil Kyle at Boomerang Range and Mt. Erebus, and Dave Marchant, Diana Freckman, and Bob Wharton in Dry Valleys, among other sites and individuals.


*V-021 Kim McDonald, science writer, Chronicle of Higher Education 
Nov. 28-Dec. 18

Kim is a Washington, D.C-based science writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education, an influential weekly newspaper about higher education (people, research, and policy). Kim covers NSF research regularly and has visited Palmer Station as well as NSF research sites in Greenland. He will write about research at the South Pole and at Siple Dome, as well as spend several nights in the field with Ralph Harvey in the Allan Hills, and visit projects in the Dry Valleys.


*V-017 Eugene Linden, writer, Time Magazine 
Dec. 2-18

Eugene has been writing about science, technology and the environment for 25 years, joining Time in 1987. He has received several awards including the Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence and the Genesis Award for outstanding writing about animal issues. Eugene will visit Siple Dome, the Dry Valleys and South Pole for his article exploring the question: "Is Antarctica Sending a New Message to Humanity?" He will focus on ice sheet stability with regard to global change and weather patterns.


*V-022 Mary Roach, freelance writer 
Dec. 6-20

Mary is a successful freelance writer and a frequent contributor to Outside, Reader's Digest and Discover magazines. She recently was a National Magazine Award finalist for personal service for a Health Magazine article: "How to Win at Germ Warfare," a humorous look at the dangers lurking in your kitchen and bathroom. She will be writing three major articles as a result of her Antarctic trip. She will visit Ralph Harvey at the Allan Hills for an article for Discover Magazine; the South Pole for a general aricle for Reader's Digest; and she will write about survival training for Outside Magazine.


*V-020 NOVA film crew, led by Robert and Char Gardner 
Dec. 6-Jan. 6

Gardner Films has contracted to produce a one-hour television documentary for the NOVA science series. The film will focus on the issues of the stability of the West and East Antarctic ice sheets, the possibility of rapid climate change and future sea level rise, the importance and urgency of the multidisciplinary research efforts on these issues, and the scientists themselves. The film crew will visit Siple Dome, Ice Stream C, the Dry Valleys, ANSMET at Allan Hills, South Pole, Nathaniel B. Palmer at the ice edge, as well as film the historic huts and wildlife around McMurdo. Gardner Films' awards include three national and four regional Emmies and an Academy Award nomination. Some credits include "Mesopotamia, Return to Eden," "Egypt, Quest for Immortality," and "Lost Empire of Tiawanaku."


*V-016 Michael Parfit, writer, National Geographic Magazine 
Jan. 2-31

A regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, Michael will write a feature story on the geography and science of the Dry Valleys (illustrated by Maria Stenzel's photos--see above). Michael has travelled to Antarctica seven times; his most recent Antarctic story for the magazine was "Restoring a Lost Antarctic Base" (March 1994), about NSF work at East Base. He also wrote the book South Light (about Antarctica), and the narration for the IMAX film "Antarctica." This January, he will walk through the Dry Valleys visiting various science projects, a journey that will provide the narrative structure tying the groups together for his article. Among sites he'll visit are: Lakes Fryxell and Hoare, Taylor Glacier, Lakes Brownworth and Vanda, the McKelvey Valley, and Lake Vida.


*V-023 Gil Gross, CBS Radio
Jan. 5-15

Each weekday evening, Gil hosts "The Gil Gross Show," a 3-hour talk show based in NY, but syndicated throughout the United States. Show topics vary widely, and his shows usually include a guest and call-ins from listeners. While in Antarctica, Gil will host five shows from McMurdo covering a wide variety of science and policy topics. Guests will be with him at McMurdo and may also be "present" by phone from more remote locations. Public callers in the U.S. will be routed through the NY studio and will be able to interact with Gil and his guests. Gil will also travel to Pole, the Dry Valleys, possibly Siple Dome, and around McMurdo and will tape some segments for these shows.

PALMER STATION:


*V-018 Bill Dietrich, science writer, Seattle Times
Sept. 24-Nov. 3

Bill plans to report about research taking place on a cruise of the Polar Duke and at Palmer Station. Bill has written for the Seattle Times since 1982; he has reported from McMurdo Station and the Arctic. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for reporting on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and has won a number of other journalism awards. His books include "The Final Forest" about logging in the Pacific Northwest, and "Northwest Passage" about the Columbia River.


*V-019 Roger Atwood, bureau chief, Reuters News Agency, Santiago, 
Chile
Dec. 18-30

Roger will write between five and eight articles about a Polar Duke research cruise and Palmer Station research. He has worked as a Reuters reporter for ten years in Latin America, with a special interest in environmental issues from rainforest destruction in Brazil to marine mammal hunting in Peru to ozone depletion in Chile. Likely reportage topics for his Palmer trip include ozone depletion, the stability of Antarctic ice shelves, whales, penguins, and pollution and clean-up at Antarctic bases.

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