Fall 2019 OLLI Catalog (Interactive)

HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Cruise to the North Pole &
Chasing a Total Solar Eclipse
In the summer of 2008 a group of polar adventurers and eclipse
chasers boarded Russia’s largest and newest nuclear-powered
icebreaker Fifty Years of Victory. This unique cruise started in
Murmansk, broke ice in the Arctic Ocean, stopped at the North
Pole for festive celebrations, then went on to the remote Franz
Josef archipelago for various shore landings. Numerous species of
arctic birds and polar bears were seen along the way. Lastly, the
ship dashed to the distant coastline of Novaya Zemlaya where a
total solar eclipse was witnessed.
Rich Abele is a veteran of numerous trips to the Arctic and
Antarctic including the South Pole. He will take you on a
photographic and oral journey across the Arctic Ocean where he
encountered huge icebergs and miles of pack ice enroute to the
North Pole. After celebrating at “the top of the world,” the ship
made landings on remote islands in Franz Josef Land by helicopter
where abandoned explorer camps and research stations were
visited. Numerous polar bears, walruses and various species of
arctic birds were also sighted.
Please join us and find out how icebreakers are reaching the
North Pole and other remote destinations in Russia’s high Arctic
regions. This is an OLLI Special Event presentation you will
not want to miss.
NEW!
Presenter: Rich Abele, a 1-Year
OLLI Member and a veteran of five
Antarctica expeditions and tour guide
aboard the museum battleship USS
IOWA (BB-61).
Tuesday, November 12
11:00am - 1:00pm
Extended Education Building,
EE-1213 (Auditorium)
Fee: Free to OLLI Members
NLLL 270 Section 01
Course No. 44528
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