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November 20, 2008

Antarctica Researcher's Inspirations

In answer to the Girls in Ocean Science student organizer's question in the previous post, Antarctica penguin researcher Cassondra Williams of Scripps Institution of Oceanography talks about some of the people who inspired her to change careers and become an Antarctica Emperor Penguin researcher. Cassondra was a practicing attorney, who returned to graduate school to study biology.  Now she travels to Antarctica to study Emperor Penguins!  Here's a brief video with her answer:



You can read more about the work Cassondra and Emperor Penguin researcher Jessica Meir are doing here in Antarctica on their Penguin Ranch blog.  Stay tuned to Women Working In Antarctica for their video portrait!

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