Workshops
Hermit Lake: An Ecological Adventure
Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, 2008.
A unique exploration of the Hermit Lake area with biologist Scott Smyers of Oxbow Associates and Observatory Scientist Bob Deegan.
Past workshops:
White Mountains Spring Geology Workshop
Saturday May 5 - Sunday May 6, 2007.
This workshop gives participants the opportunity to learn about the glacial geology of the northern White Mountain region, and about the history of geological exploration and understanding of the area.
Readings in the Geology of the White Mountains
Past Workshop Photos
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| These ice sculpted rocks known as "whalebacks" show which direction the ice was flowing during the Pleistocene or Ice Age when large continental glaciers advanced and then retreated, in this case from left to right. Many mountains in the White Mountains have the same general shape. | "Woody" Thompson explaining the layering of clay-like sediments left at the bottom of an ancient glacier lake. As the glaciers melted, these lakes formed and reformed leaving tell-tale sediments in many locations in the White Mountains. |
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| Workshop members examining the complex nature of bedrock geology in a local gravel pit. Many interesting minerals were collected that highlighted the metamorphic and volcanic nature of much of the rock underlying the White Mountains. | Woody explains the differences between moraines, eskers, deltas, and glacial till. |