Introduction – Footprints of the Ice Age: Part 1 of 14

This documentary describes effects of the last ice age – the Laurentide – on Upstate New York. This segment is an overview of Upstate’s geological and ecological history. It includes a fossil-hunting expedition to Quarry Farm by a paleobiology class at Elmira College. Quarry farm is the famous American humorist Mark Twain’s 19th century summer home near Elmira, NY. Excerpted from the television documentary “Footprints of the Ice Age: The Laurentide Ice Sheet in Upstate New York” produced and narrated by Michael S. Ameigh. This program premiered on WCNY-PBS Syracuse, NY April 19, 2009.
Video Rating: 5 / 5