Journey of Discovery: Landscape History of the Bering Land Bridge
Schaaf J and Hopkins DM. 1997. Journey of Discovery: Landscape History of the Bering Land Bridge
Geologist David M. Hopkins explores the landscape of the Bering Land Bridge using geology, archeology and paleoecological studies. Jacket notes: Discovery the rich past and understand the intriguing landscape of the Bering Land Bridge with David M. Hopkins, Professor Emeritus of Quaternary Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Professor Hopkins, who pioneered research in the Bering Land Bridge nearly 50 years ago, takes you on a journey through ice ages, spectacular volcanic eruptions, and climate change spanning thousands of years of earth history. Through the studies of geology, archeology, and paleoecology you will learn why understanding the landscape and the processes shaping it are important not only to the Inupiat who liver there today, but to everyone. This education video, which explains the processes affecting the arctic landscape within the context of climate change, will be of particular interest to secondary and college students studying earth processes.
- Type
- Movie/Video
- Authors
- Schaaf, Jeanne; Hopkins, David
- Date of Issue
- 1997
- Units
- BELA , BERI
- Keywords
- archeology, Geology, paleoecology, Seward Peninsula, volcanism