Paul DeOrsay. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Paul DeOrsay in a repeat performance of his talk: Arctic exploration, science, and the Inuit.
The repeat performance will be Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. This event will be open to all on Zoom.
The 19th century saw a prolific bloom of interest in the Arctic among European and North American nations. Some 50 major expeditions were mounted between 1815 and 1909, most in search of a Northwest Passage. Along the way, these expeditions gathered data on geology, oceanography, flora and fauna, magnetism, gravity and astronomy. Later, as it was learned that the passage existed but was essentially impassable, exploration focused on discovering just what lay farther north: an open sea, another continent, or just more ice. Finally, the focus became reaching the North Pole, a somewhat intangible goal, but one that generated public enthusiasm and nationa
Sean Todd will give the virtual talk “Poles Apart; the differences and similarities between polar regions" on Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m., hosted by Southwest Harbor Public Library in collaboration with the Camden Conference.
U.S. Department of State
As the Arctic grows ever warmer, one of the many impacts of climate change, it is likely to present Maine with “a huge opportunity,” U.S. Sen. Angus King told students and educators on a Friday Zoom session.
King said that newly opened shipping lanes through the Northwest Passage, Maine should benefit from having three excellent deep-water ports that would be the first ones ships heading from Asia to the East Coast would reach.
“I believe we’re going to see an explosion of trade,” King said.
He told the call that trade built Maine’s economy, and its impressive 19th century houses, and might again in just a couple more decades as vessels increasingly head north to save 15 days’ worth of travel crossing the oceans going to and from the United States.
Paul DeOrsay. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Paul DeOrsay on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m., for a program on Arctic exploration, science, and the Inuit. This event will be open to all on Zoom.
The 19th century saw a prolific bloom of interest in the Arctic among European and North American nations. Some 50 major expeditions were mounted between 1815 and 1909, most in search of a Northwest Passage. Along the way, these expeditions gathered data on geology, oceanography, flora and fauna, magnetism, gravity and astronomy. Later, as it was learned that the passage existed but was essentially impassable, exploration focused on discovering just what lay farther north: an open sea, another continent, or just more ice. Finally, the focus became reaching the North Pole, a somewhat intangible goal, but one that generated public enthusiasm and national pride.