Videos of past presentations:

Here are copies for my 7 lectures as presented and broadcast on the Holland America Line Princendam July 15 - August 5, 2013


Thank you Cruise Director Christina and staff of the Prinsendam for making these ship recordings available to me.

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1.     Glaciers and Fjords - Natures Ice Sculptures: Ice has sculptured many of nature’s grandest features, fjords, the hanging valley, and horns, to name but a few. What's the science behind these natural marvels?

2.    The birth of the Atlantic Ocean: Was Africa once attached to North America? How did it manage to drift thousands of miles? Touching on plate tectonics and the breakup of Pangea. What role does Iceland play in this evolutionary tale?

3.    Why are petroleum prices so volatile?  A review of oil and gas exploration from a petroleum geologists viewpoint. Where do we find oil, how much is there, and who owns it? Do prices at the pump accurately reflect the cost of exploration and production. This informative, yet entertaining look at the Oil and Gas Industry is designed to give the audience a wider appreciation of the oil and gas industry.

4.     What is this new unconventional energy that will now last us for the next 100+ years?  A discussion of these 'new' sources of energy, shale gas and oil sands, and their controversial methods of extraction, such as 'fracking'.

5.     The titanic forces of nature. Rifts of the world, earthquakes, volcanos, hot water, and giant cracks in the earth. What in the world is going on? 

6.     Climate change and global warming – what’s the latest science? From a geologist's perspective, where do we stand with global warming.

7.     Myths and Legends of Human History. The lost city of Atlantis, the great flood, and drowned underwater civilizations worldwide. Geological phenomena that may have led to these historic incidents.