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Category Archives: 2017 Advent Calendar

Door 24 – Quiz answers, challenge winners and a very merry Christmas!
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Door 24 – Quiz answers, challenge winners and a very merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2017 by sarah • Leave a comment

The 2017 Great Geoadvent comes to an end! Continue reading →

Door 23 – On this day: the 1896 ascent of Aconcagua
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Door 23 – On this day: the 1896 ascent of Aconcagua

Posted on December 23, 2017 by sarah • 2 Comments

Behind today’s geoadvent window, Education Assistant Will Foreman recounts the ascent of Aconcagua, which began on 23 December 1896. Continue reading →

Door 22 – Sticking with turkey
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Door 22 – Sticking with turkey

Posted on December 22, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

Sticking with turkey – the life and death of the dodo Continue reading →

Door 21 – Let it snow!
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Door 21 – Let it snow!

Posted on December 21, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

Behind door 21 of the geoadvent, the Geological Society’s Publishing House has some suggestions for some festive reading… Continue reading →

Door 20 – Landscapes Below
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Door 20 – Landscapes Below

Posted on December 20, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

Behind door 20 of the geoadvent, GSL Education Assistant Will Foreman reviews the University of Cambridge Library’s ‘Landscapes Below’ exhibition, on display until 29 March 2018. Continue reading →

Door 19 – The Complete Drift Globe
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Door 19 – The Complete Drift Globe

Posted on December 19, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

 Behind door 19 of the geoadvent, a novel tool for communicating plate tectonic theory… Continue reading →

Door 18 – Beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: A simple overview of London’s geology
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Door 18 – Beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: A simple overview of London’s geology

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Amy Ball • 3 Comments

In today’s geoadvent post, GSL Education Officer Amy Ball explores the geology beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree… Continue reading →

Door 17 – Going Underground
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Door 17 – Going Underground

Posted on December 17, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

Behind today’s geoadvent window, Geological Society Conference Manager Georgina Worrall looks at the latest TV programme to join a long list of fictional representations of the underground… Continue reading →

Door 16 – …Cromerty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher…
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Door 16 – …Cromerty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher…

Posted on December 16, 2017 by paul • 4 Comments

The final instalment in our series highlighting some of the more unusual maps in our collection… Continue reading →

Door 15 – Dispatch from Patagonia: The amazing Torres del Paine National Park
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Door 15 – Dispatch from Patagonia: The amazing Torres del Paine National Park

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Florence Bullough • 3 Comments

Flo Bullough continues her Patagonia reporting with a dispatch from the incredible Torres del Paine National Park! Continue reading →

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