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04
DecOur New Partnership
with EcoSchools CanadaWe have teamed up with EcoSchools Canada to give students across the country the opportunity to participate in the school-based Bondar Challenge and support their EcoSchools certification application. The nature photography challenge is inspired by the remarkable work of … Continue reading →
04
DecHappy Birthday, Roberta!
On this day in Sault Ste Marie Ontario, future neuro-ophthalmologist and payload specialist Roberta Lynn Bondar was born. Of course, no one knew all that at the time. Or even what those words meant. She had to learn to walk … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: plate tectonics
Taking the Floor
On April 11, 1924, oceanographer and marine geologist, Bruce Charles Heezen was born. He became an expert on continental drift and the undersea landslides that reshape ocean floors. A pioneer in plate tectonics, he was leader of the team from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce C Heezen, Columbia University, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, plate tectonics, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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Graphic Plots
On July 30, 1920, Marie Tharp was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A pioneering oceanographic cartographer, she mapped the ocean floor and co-discovered the Mid-Oceanic Ridges, along with her colleague Bruce Heezen, Columbia University’s team leader of ocean ridge mapping. As … Continue reading
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Tagged cartography, Columbia University, Heezen-Tharp, July 30, Marie Tharp, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Mid-Oceanic Ridges, ocean cartography, On This Day, plate tectonics, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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