Museum launches discovery series

January 14, 2015

Photo by Jack Whitman. Mammal curator Link Olson will reveal what scientists know and don't know about marmots in his Museum Discovery Series presentation.

Theresa Bakker
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The University of Alaska Museum of the North will launch a new series of free public presentations this month.

The Museum Discovery Series will feature a different curator each month unveiling new discoveries based on research in the museum’s collections. The presentations will be held in the museum auditorium on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

This year’s series includes the following presentations:

Jan. 22, “Unveiling Alaska Dinosaurs: Discoveries and Insights into Ancient Life in the Arctic,” by Pat Druckenmiller.

Feb. 5, “Alaska’s Marmots: Known Knowns and Unknown Knowns,” by Link Olson.

March 12, “Alaska’s Butterflies, Beetles and Bees: Documenting the Biodiversity of the North,” by Derek Sikes.

April 23, “Climate Change and Human Land Use in Ice Age Alaska,” by Ben Potter and Josh Reuther.

The series is coordinated and sponsored by the University of Alaska Museum of the North. More information may be found at .

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Link Olson, UAMN mammal curator, at 907-474-5998 or via email at link.olson@alaska.edu

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