Biological studies

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Biological studies is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Dr. Gould introduces Oscar, his stuffed Emperor penguin, which he brought home from the first Byrd Expedition in 1930. Using Oscar as an example, Eklund discusses Antarctic penguins. Eklund, one of th...

Biological studies
Release date
1959
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Summary
Dr. Gould introduces Oscar, his stuffed Emperor penguin, which he brought home from the first Byrd Expedition in 1930. Using Oscar as an example, Eklund discusses Antarctic penguins. Eklund, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Skua, a special type of Antarctic bird, narrates films of his work with this bird. Lastly, the two men discuss seals and show films of seal branding in Antarctica. It is noted that a biology program has been added to the sciences to be explored under the scientific program USARP (US Antarctic Research Project), which is, on a limited scale, continuing the scientific exploration of Antarctica, following the completion of IGY.
Physical Format
1 Film (0:33:00);16mm
IUL Genres
Educational;Adventure (Nonfiction)
IUL Subject
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd: 1933-1935);Antarctica--Discovery and exploration;International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
Full Title (usually this is the same as above)
Biological studies