TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR   "Polar Stories"
*An early spring thaw is good news if you live in a snow belt state. 
But it's not just the snow mound at the bottom of the driveway that's
melting right now   the polar ice caps are melting too.  In this hour of
To the Best of Our Knowledge, stories from the lands of snow and ice. 
What do we stand to lose when the world's ice melts? 

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Polar Stories"

0:00 - 24:39        SEGMENT 1: (24:40)
            After a bit of DJ Spooky's "Terra Nova: Sinfonia
            Antarctica," we hear geo-political expert Charles
            Emmerson talk with Steve Paulson about the future
            prospects for the Arctic.  Emmerson is a former Director
            at the World Economics Forum and the author of "The
            Future History of the Arctic."  Also, Richard Ellis talks
            with Jim Fleming about how the melting of the Polar Ice
            cap in the Arctic is destroying the habitat for polar
            bears and the seals they eat.  Ellis is the author of "On
            Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear."
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

24:40 - 25:09  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

25:10 - 42:50       SEGMENT 2: (17:41)
            Douglas Quin is an award-winning sound designer,
            naturalist and composer.  His latest project is called
            "Fathom."  It's an album of underwater field recordings
            from the Polar regions of the earth.  Quin plays some of
            his favorites for Anne Strainchamps and talks about them
            with her.  Also, Lucy Jane Bledsoe is a novelist who's
            made three trips to Antarctica as part of the National
            Science Foundation's Artists and Writers in Antarctica
            Program.  She tells Anne Strainchamps that the place is
            addictive. Her most recent novel, set in Antarctica, is
            "The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica."    
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

42:51 - 43:20       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

43:21 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (9:39)
            Biologist Bill Streever is a cryophile   someone who
            loves the cold. He talks with Steve Paulson about his
            book, "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places."
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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