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VPRO Beagle -- On the Rocks
Anthony Smith samples glacier ice ...
VPRO Beagle -- Peninsula Valdes has Penguins
In Peninsula Valdes, near Puerto Madryn, Redmond and Anthony find Magellanic Penguins (November 17, 2009) ...
David Quammen speaks on Darwin and the Origins of the Origin
An incredibly powerful idea... ...
Darwin\'s Field Notebooks Online
English Heritage, the owner/operators of Down House, have released digital copies of Charles Darwin's field notebooks and his Beagle Diary. The manuscripts contain his jottings from the voyage of HMS Beagle. However, the collection is not quite compl...
The VPRO Beagle Moves On
The VPRO Beagle continues its journey.The reactions of Lex Runderkamp, Dirk Draulans and Redmond O'Hanlon to the recent happenings: ...
VPRO Beagle: A Terrible Accident Claims a Life
The VPRO Beagle's latest news letter reveals that a terrible accident has happened to some of the series participants: On Wednesday night four contributors to the Beagle project were involved in a serious car crash in Argentina, near Puerto Madry...
Darwin\'s Brave New World...Tonight!
A new three part television documentary is beginning tonight at 9 PM on CBC's The Nature of Things. From the website: Darwin’s Brave New World recounts the extraordinary and often harrowing story of Charles Darwin’s 30-year struggle to piece toge...
VPRO Beagle: Discussing the Brazilian Rainforest
From the VPRO Beagle archives: American anthropologist / archeologist Michael Heckenberger and the British ecologist Jos Barlow in an interdisciplinary talk about the Brazilian rainforest. Why should we protect it? Watch the complete interview (30 mi...
Below Decks on the VPRO Beagle
All in Dutch, but mostly self explanatory.Darwin would be astonished...The clipper ship Stad Amsterdam is on a 9 month voyage following the route of Darwin when he was on H.M.S. Beagle. For a collection of articles on this voyage from this site, see ...
Beagle, In the Wake of Darwin: First Episodes
The first television episodes of "Beagle, in het kielzog van Darwin" (Beagle, in the wake of Darwin) are now online. It is in Dutch, but many of the speakers are English, so well worth a look.The first episode:The extra-long first episode of Beagle, ...
VPRO Beagle at Sea
Hear the wind in the rigging...After the four-day stop in Praia (Cape Verde), the Clipper Stad Amsterdam left for its next destination Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) two days ago. Beagle sailor Govert Hermsen made this wonderful short video for us....
A Tour of the VPRO Beagle
A tour of the weather decks of the VPRO Beagle:...
VPRO Beagle at Tenerife
Latest from the VPRO Beagle, 11 September: After 10 days at sea the Beagle crew arrives in Tenerife. Anthony Smith, the Clipper's artist, is impressed by the wild natural parts he visits. ...
VPRO Beagle Has Internet Access Problems
Ronald de Graaf, a technician aboard the Clipper Stad Amsterdam, explains why the Internet connection has been so poor. Sometimes the ships position in relation to the satellite causes the mast and sails to interfere with the transmission. At other t...
VPRO's Beagle Encounters a Whale
To let you experience life on board the Clipper Stad Amsterdam, Film Academy graduates Tim van der Maden and Esther Kool make "rough cuts" for us. This one really gives you a sense of the excitement on board. It is in Dutch, but somehow the linguisti...
The Beagle Blues - It's Enough to Make You Sick...
From VPRO Beagle: The Dutch theatre Group the Ashton Brothers, on board the Clipper, while portraying seasickness. Our very own ships doctor, Everhard Hofstra, is providing viewers with useful physiological information on this topic....
Attenborough and Mangrove Ants - Video
From BBC Earth on YouTube: Sir David Attenborough researches the life of ants in Australian mangroves in this fantastic BBC footage....
A Darwin Narrates - Beagle: In the Wake of Darwin
From August 11, Sarah Darwin narrates this great video introduction to the VPRO expedition. Great shots of the Clipper Stad Amsterdam in full sail....
VPRO 'Beagle' on BBC
Sarah Darwin is interviewed on the Stad Amsterdam, which is going to depart today to follow the voyage of HMS Beagle:...
A Beagle Voyage with Darwin
On the first of September, 2009, the beautiful clipper, Stad Amsterdam will depart from Plymouth, U.K. and follow Darwin's route when he was aboard HMS Beagle. VPRO, a Dutch public broadcasting organization will produce two multi-episode TV documenta...
The Infamous Voyages of the Beagles
An invited lecture by NHM scientist, Beagle Project director of science and Beagle blogger Karen James at a Natural History Museum members' event on the evening of 19th March, 2009.Voyages of the Beagles from The Beagle Project Blog....
