Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/12/2020
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Natural History Musem
900 Exposition Blvd.
L.A., CA,
Free.
www.nhm.org/calendar/polar-extremescommunity-screening
Polar Extremes, an upcoming NOVA special hosted by paleontologist and Sant Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History Kirk Johnson, will take viewers on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places – beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic – Johnson uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life. What caused such dramatic changes at the ends of the Earth? And what can the past reveal about our planet’s climate today – and in the future? You will see an exclusive sneak peek of clips from the film before the full-length, 2-hour version premieres in February on PBS. During the event, Julia Cort, Co-Executive Producer of NOVA, will moderate a Q&A discussion after reviewing each of the clips with Johnson; hosts of Antarctic Extremes Caitlin Saks and Arlo Perez; Associate Curator of the Dinosaur Institute at the National History Museum of L.A. County Nate Smith; President and Director of the National History Museum of L.A. County Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga; and Chief Creative Officer of PBS SoCal /KCET Juan Devis. Visitors attending this event and arriving after 2 pm will receive free general admission to the museum.
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