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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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