Episode9 - Marianne Okal, GPS Field Engineer

Women In Antarctica

English - June 05, 2009 02:01 - 2 minutes - 27.8 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Marianne Okal has one of the most interesting jobs in Antarctica. That's because she is a GPS Field Engineer with UNAVCO who gets to work with all kinds of researchers in Antarctica.

UNAVCO is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes Earth science by advancing high-precision techniques for the measurement and understanding of the Earth's crustal deformation. UNAVCO is also involved in supporting public and community education.

Learn more at the UNAVCO website: http://www.unavco.org/unavco.html