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T H E N O R T H E R N L I G H T S A C E C U LT U R A L T O U R S : W E L C O M E

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A B O U T M E PhD in star formation from Cardiff University - now a Postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University Work at the Zooniverse - world's largest citizen science platform Research star and planet formation in our Galaxy Tweet a lot @orbitingfrog orbitingfrog.com

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D AY O N E : T R O M S Ø A N D M E E T I N G U P • Lecture right now! • Dinner together

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D AY T W O : T R O M S Ø A N D E M B A R K • Sledging (if booked) • Cathedral • Polar Museum • Mack Brewery • Drinks reception on ship

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D AY T H R E E : N O R T H C A P E A N D F I N N K I R K A • Lecture: The Aurora • Early lunch • Honningsvåg • The North Cape

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D AY F O U R : K I R K E N E S A N D VA R D Ø • Kirkenes • Varanger Peninsula • Lecture: The Earth’s Orbit • Vardø

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D AY F I V E : H A M M E R F E S T A N D T R O M S Ø • Hammerfest • Lecture: Citizen Science • Farewell Dinner • Tromsø

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D AY S I X : T R O M S Ø A N D H O M E WA R D • Breakfast • Arctic Panorama and Cable Car • Flight home

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– D O U G L A S A D A M S “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”

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A S T R O N O M Y I N 2 0 1 4 • Deeper, fainter, older • Understanding black holes and their relationship to galaxies • Probing the earliest moments of the Universe

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A S T R O N O M Y I N 2 0 1 4 • Gathering data in new, innovative, enormous ways • Crowdsourcing science • New age of telescopes

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A S T R O N O M Y I N 2 0 1 4 • Discovering exoplanets • Searching for life • Humanity returns to space • Exploring our Solar System

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G A I A O N E B I L L I O N S TA R S

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J A D E R A B B I T C H I N A O N T H E M O O N

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N E W H O R I Z O N S P L U T O 2 0 1 5

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C U R I O S I T Y F R E A K I N G L A S E R S

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R O S E T TA R I D E A C O M E T

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T H E A U R O R A L E C T U R E # 1

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T H E E A R T H ’ S O R B I T L E C T U R E # 2

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C I T I Z E N S C I E N C E L E C T U R E # 3

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1 . F I N D D A R K N E S S 2 . L O O K U P H O W T O B E A N A S T R O N O M E R :

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P R A C T I C A L T I P S • Ask me anything! • Late nights • Wrap up warm • Ice on deck • Stargazing on Deck

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