Hope Jahren
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Anne Hope Jahren is an American geochemist and geobiologist at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, known for her work using stable isotope analysis to analyze fossil forests dating to the Eocene
Jahren in 2017
Axel Heiberg Island
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Axel Heiberg Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 34th largest island in the world and Canada's ninth largest island. Acco
Hope Jahren
…of Copenhagen, learning DNA analysis techniques. While at Johns Hopkins, Jahren received media attention for her work with the fossil forests of Axel Heiberg Island. Her studies of the trees allowed her to estimate the environmental conditions on the island 45 million years ago. She and her collaborators analyzed…
Glacier Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island. June 6, 1975.
View from Wolf Mountain over the Expedition Valley towards southern Axel Heiberg Island. June 24, 1975.
Outcrops on Axel Heiberg Island. July 2, 2012.
Axel Heiberg Island, Expedition Valley with White Glacier (left) and Thompson Glacier (right). July 3, 1988.