RapaNui
27° 07 south, 109° 22 west
163.6 sq km
63.1 sq mi
"No Nation will ever contend for the honour of the discovery of Easter Island as there is hardly an Island in this sea which affords less refreshments, and conveniences for Shiping than it does. Nature has hardly provided it with any thing fit for man to eat or drink, and as the Natives are but few and may be supposed to plant no more than sufficient for themselves, they cannot have much to spare to new comers.........Captain James Cook, 1774
Out of the Depths of Ancient Rapa Nui, comes G O N D W A N A, click to see the funny cartoon collage printed in The Onion press.......
| Gondwana1 | Gondwana2 | Gondwana3 | Gondwana4 |
The Orangina Story..... (my adventure continues......)
Films: (I've tried my best to post my videos here, but the server on this system is just not the best, so please visit my video page on myspace for all of my videos (Rapa Nui and more) and YouTube which required me to break the film into four parts, enjoy!!!)
RKE08 (Rano Kao Expedition 2008) |
Reports:
RKE08 (Rano Kao Expedition Summary) html version
RKE08 Expedition summary pdf file (100mb very large, would suggest using Fetch or an ftp to retrieve file <www.solar783.com/summaryRKE08.pdf> April 28, 2008
PSU Prospectus Approval January 30, 2008
PhD Research preliminary report 5 May 2005
March 2008 Mission Objective: To core the floating mat at Rano Kao |
Rano Kao Expedition March 17-29, 2008 |
See Summary under Reports ICD (core description sheets) core 1, core 2, core 3, core 4 more photos at www.myspace.com/gossen
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Sept 2007 Currently working on pollen analysis of 90 samples spaced at 10cm intervals with Prof. Ed Cushing, in the Dept. of Ecology, St. Paul Campus, Univ. of Minn. |
Pollen Analysis University of Minnesota St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Background and Objective: still in progress |
2006 - 2007 45 lake sediment samples (20cm intervals of 9 meters of core) are processed by Prof. Brent Wolfe |
Cellulose Isotopes NSERC/Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Background and Objective; |
2006 - 2007 new radiocarbon dates processed alongside Tom Guilderson, LLNL
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Radiocarbon dating Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories California, USA |
Background and Objective: |
summer 2005 |
Pollen prep Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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April 2005 |
Core scanning and archiving Lacustrine Research Center Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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quicktime movie Coral & Lake coring short film quicktime movie 100mb
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Lake Coring Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island) South Pacific Fieldwork Coring photos March 2005 |
| Published Papers: The Mystery Lies in the Scirpus, Rapa Nui Journal, Fall Issue October 2007
ISES/ASES World Conference August 2005 - paper co-authored Candace Gossen and Chris Stevenson Prehistoric Solar Innovation and Water Management on Rapa Nui
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Society of Woman Geographers Proposal 2008 same as Prospectus Proposal Above
NSF Grant Proposal 2004 |
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Letters of Support
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Rapa Nui Art donated to the Sebastian Englert Museum March 2005
| RNArt1 | RNArt2 | RNArt3 | RNArt4 |
| RNArt5 | RNArt6 | RNArt7 | Moai |
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Yan |
