• Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica with Mini Wadhwa

  • Mar 21 2023
  • Length: 55 mins
  • Podcast

Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica with Mini Wadhwa

  • Summary

  • Antarctica is famous for gigantic ice sheets and charismatic animals, but Antarctica is also one of the best places to search for meteorites– rocks that have traveled through space and survived passing through Earth’s atmosphere. 

    Mini Wadhwa is a planetary scientist who studies meteorites to learn about the formation of our universe and what conditions are like in other parts of our solar system. She is the Director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and the Principal Scientist for the Mars Sample Return Mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Wadhwa discusses what it’s like to work in Antarctica, an accident that nearly killed her while on a field expedition, and why representation matters as a woman of color in science.

    Learn more about Mini Wadhwa at https://search.asu.edu/profile/957644

    Watch her TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iukJJ2u0vlo 

    McMurdo Antarctic Research Station: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/support/mcmurdo.jsp

    This episode of Wild World was produced with support from: 

    Lindblad Expeditions: https://www.expeditions.com    

    The Rice University Traveling Owls: https://alumni.rice.edu/travelingowls 

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