https://ancientshore.com/2019/07/02/a-return-to-sloop-cove/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ice-on-hudson-bay-img_8363.jpgIce on Hudson Bay IMG_8363Spring can still come very late at Churchill. This photo shows ice on Hudson Bay two weeks ago, June 17, 2019.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/kelley-irvin-hanged-man-img_9539.jpgKelley Irvin Hanged Man IMG_9539https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/william-davison-img_9544.jpgWilliam Davison IMG_9544https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/richard-johnson-img_9563.jpgRichard Johnson IMG_9563https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/potts-a-img_9546.jpgPotts A IMG_9546https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p-img_9552.jpgP IMG_9552Perhaps "P" meant to come back and finish his name, but just never got around to it?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/kelley-irvin-hanged-man-img_9568.jpgKelley Irvin Hanged Man IMG_9568https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/j-paterson-img_9562.jpgJ Paterson IMG_9562https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/j-horner-img_9555.jpgJ Horner IMG_9555https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/i-wood-img_9554.jpgI Wood IMG_95542020-03-31T00:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2019/02/21/the-bones-of-the-earth/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/st-lawrence-at-riviere-du-loup-2.jpgSt Lawrence at Riviere du Loup 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/st-lawrence-at-riviere-du-loup.jpgSt Lawrence at Riviere du Louphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/la-pointe-outcrop-2-fault.jpgLa Pointe outcrop 2 faultFaulted sedimentary beds on the la Pointe outcrophttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/paleontologist-assistant.jpgpaleontologist & assistantGeologist and assistant examining the outcrophttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/st-lawrence-island.jpgSt Lawrence IslandSpines of rock sticking out in a few places: a rocky island in the St. Lawrence near Riviere-du-Loup.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/la-pointe-outcrop-1.jpgla pointe outcrop 1The la Pointe outcrop2019-02-24T19:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2019/01/16/the-other-side/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/roses-and-passamaquoddy.jpgroses and passamaquoddyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ministers-island-garage.jpgministers island garageThe Minister's Island garagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/windmill-wall.jpgwindmill wallThe windmill is constructed from beach stoneshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ministers-island-windmill.jpgministers island windmillThe Minister's Island windmillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ministers-island-bath-house-1.jpgministers island bath house 1Van Horne's bath house at Minister's Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/the-bar-road.jpgthe bar roadhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/the-bar-road-2.jpgthe bar road 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bar-road-stones-seaweed-5-1.jpgbar road stones & seaweed 5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bar-road-stones-seaweed-4.jpgbar road stones & seaweed 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bar-road-stones-seaweed-5.jpgbar road stones & seaweed 52019-01-25T02:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2018/10/26/ghost-streams-on-the-shore/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/st-andrews-from-pottery-cove.jpgSt Andrews from Pottery Covehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/clasts-from-above.jpgclasts from aboveIn some places there are so many large clasts that the rock could probably be called a conglomerate. The abundant large rock fragments in the top of this bed indicate that the sediment source was nearby.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dog-on-shore.jpgdog on shoreWe each enjoy and interpret the shore in our own way.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cross-beds-1.jpgcross beds 1Trough cross bedshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cross-beds-3.jpgcross beds 3Cross beds in the Perry Formation demonstrate that the sediment was deposited by flowing water.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/clasts-in-sandstone.jpgclasts in sandstoneA sandstone bed in the Perry Formation exhibits a great variety of clast sizes.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/beds-in-pottery-cove.jpgbeds in Pottery CoveBeds of the Perry Formation in Pottery Cove, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.2018-10-30T14:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2018/09/04/leaving-the-sea-behind/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_1044.jpgIMG_1044https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pocatiere.jpgPocatiereA few years ago, there were these fantastic fishy forms.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/weaving.jpgweavingEach year, the park at La Pocatiere features a different set of outdoor art installations. This year, it was these "coastal" woven pieces.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/edge-of-sea.jpgedge of seahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/blue-tassels.jpgblue tasselshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/zonation.jpgzonationZoned bands of grasses lead to the salt marsh and the sea.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_1047.jpgIMG_10472018-09-11T02:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2017/09/11/a-certain-logic/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/churchill_logic.jpgChurchill_Logic2024-12-17T11:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2017/09/01/going-to-pieces-on-the-shore/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/channelblockhouse.jpgchannel&blockhouseBeyond town, we can find more and different shells near the Saint Andrews blockhouse.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blue_horizon.jpgblue_horizonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/barnacle.jpgbarnacleGoing to pieces: a gastropod (at top) and barnacle (centre) are slowly being broken down into the sorts of shell fragments that surround them (coin diameter is mm).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/periwinkles-galore.jpgperiwinkles galore. . . and periwinkles everywhere.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/beach-levels.jpgbeach levelsVariations in shell content help to cause the bands of colour in this beach.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/barnacles-galore.jpgbarnacles galoreBarnacles galore!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sandstone-to-deer-island.jpgsandstone to Deer IslandSandstone forms the bones of the point.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shells-barnacles-plates.jpgshells barnacles plateshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mussels-clam.jpgmussels & clamhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/seaweeds-at-point.jpgseaweeds at point2017-09-01T19:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/12/27/what-geologists-share/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/souris-river-shale.jpgsouris-river-shaleBanks of Cretaceous shale along the Souris River, western Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/museum-group-near-belmont.jpgmuseum-group-near-belmontMuseum field party near Belmont, Manitoba: September, 2016https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cuggy-churchill0-32-edit.jpgcuggy-churchill0-32-editDebbie Thompson (R) and me, carrying out paleontological field research at Airport Cove near Churchill: August, 2016 (photo: Michael Cuggy).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bell-nipigon.jpgbell-nipigonPages from Bell's report on the Nipigon district (Bell, 1870)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gac-rept-1866-69.jpggac-rept-1866-69https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cuggy-churchill0-12-edit.jpgcuggy-churchill0-12-editUsing specific equipment: me with a quarry truck near Churchill, Manitoba: August, 2016.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dave-guards-2015.jpgdave-guards-2015Dave Rudkin of the Royal Ontario Museum acts as polar bear guard for a group of geologists at Bird Cove, Churchill, Manitoba: August, 2015.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/group-at-portage-chute-2015.jpggroup-at-portage-chute-2015A geological field party at Portage Chute, Churchill River, Manitoba: August, 2015.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sloop-cove-2015.jpgsloop-cove-2015A group of geologists near Sloop Cove, Churchill, Manitoba. August, 2015.2017-01-05T03:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/08/17/golden-hour-at-churchill/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/thiokol.jpgThiokolhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polar-bear-alley-3.jpgPolar Bear Alley 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polar-bear-alley-2.jpgPolar Bear Alley 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polar-bear-alley-1.jpgPolar Bear Alley 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bar-code-road.jpgbar code roadhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/field-and-sea-1.jpgfield and sea 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/field-and-sea-2.jpgfield and sea 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rocks-tree-sea.jpgrocks tree sea2016-12-12T03:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/05/16/premium-real-estate/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/periwinkles_basalt2.jpgperiwinkles_basalt2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barnacles_seaweed_sandstone_cobble.jpgbarnacles_seaweed_sandstone_cobbleBarnacles and seaweed on a sandstone cobblehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barnacles_seaweed_basalt.jpgbarnacles_seaweed_basaltBarnacles and seaweed on a basalt cobblehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barnacles-profuse.jpgbarnacles profuseBarnacles in uncountable profusionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seaweed-on-bedrock.jpgseaweed on bedrockSeaweed on sandstone bedrockhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barnacles-sandstone.jpgbarnacles sandstoneBarnacles on sandstonehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seaweed_sandstone_cobble.jpgseaweed_sandstone_cobbleSeaweed on a sandstone cobblehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/shoredeer-island.jpgshore&deer islandThe Saint Andrews shore, with Deer Island on the horizonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/barnacles-on-sandstone-bedrock.jpgbarnacles on sandstone bedrockBarnacles on sandstone bedrockhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/periwinkles_basalt.jpgperiwinkles_basaltPeriwinkles on a basaltic boulder2016-05-23T17:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/03/22/an-embarrassment-of-riches/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/red-river-fort-garry-autumn.jpgRed River Fort Garry autumnThe calm Red River on a Winnipeg autumn morning, just a few minutes from home.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/surprise-creek-2015.jpgSurprise Creek 2015Geologists examine Upper Ordovician strata at Surprise Creek, a tributary of the Churchill River.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/portage-chute.jpgPortage ChuteArcuate rapids mark dangerous water at Portage Chute on the Churchill River of northern Manitoba.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fredericton-autumn.jpgFredericton autumn. . . and on an autumn day, Fredericton's river is a perfect recreational waterway.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/saint-john-river-flood.jpgSaint John River flood. . . while during spring freshet the river below Fredericton fills most of its valley . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fredericton-winter.jpgFredericton winterNew Brunswick's Saint John River changes dramatically from season to season. In Fredericton in the dead of winter, it is a sahara of snow . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tundra-ponds-churchill.jpgTundra Ponds ChurchillFlying over Manitoba's Hudson Bay Lowlands in a helicopter, the tundra ponds cannot be counted.2016-05-23T17:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/05/22/meditation-at-20000-feet/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/s-quebec-map.jpgS Quebec MapIn case you are wondering, the blue arrow shows the approximate route of the plane over southern Québec. (based on Google map)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9107-montreal-river.jpg9107 Montreal & RiverMontreal and the Saint Lawrence Riverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9098-rougemont.jpg9098 RougemontMont Rougemont is one of the Monteregian Hills. These igneous hills, which include Mount Royal and mont Saint-Hilaire, were formed as North America slid over a “hot spot” during the Cretaceous Period.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9092-rivers.jpg9092 riversThe sediment of the Lowland plain is cut by rivers. Note the characteristic Québec field pattern, with long narrow fields extending away from the waterways.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9086-lowlands.jpg9086 LowlandsThe Saint Lawrence Lowlandshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9078-lac-megantic.jpg9078 Lac MeganticLac Megantichttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9071_wind-generators.jpg9071_wind generatorsWind generators on the Appalachians, along the Quebec-Maine border near Lac Megantic https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9103-clouds.jpg9103 clouds2016-12-12T03:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/10/24/vancouver-rain-again/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/strew.jpgstrewhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ctenophore.jpgctenophoreThe comb jelly Pleurobrachiahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/chrysaora.jpgChrysaoraI actually went for a walk to go to the aquariumhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bark.jpgbarkhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sewage.jpgsewageIt would seem that it contains sewage at all times, then.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/banksynotbanksy.jpgbanksynotbanksyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/archway.jpgarchwayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shell-hash.jpgshell hashhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/woodleaves1.jpgwood&leaves1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wood-shore-1.jpgwood shore 12016-03-18T02:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/11/14/portage-chute/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/106-14-23_maniporapalaeophyllum.jpg106-14-23_Manipora&PalaeophyllumThe tabulate coral Manipora sp. and the colonial rugose coral Palaeophyllum sp.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/106-14-23_maclurina.jpg106-14-23_MaclurinaThe gastropod Maclurina sp.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/portage_chute_air2.jpgPortage_Chute_Air2The road leads ever on. Time to be up in the air and headed for home, with 100 km of river and muskeg between us and Churchillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ordovician1.jpgOrdovician1The cliff of Portage Chute Formation. We can't collect from the cliff itself due to treacherous loose overhangs, but there are plenty of lovely fossils in the scree at its foot.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nests.jpgnestsOrdovician (Katian) limestone of the Portage Chute Formation, Bad Cache Rapids Group. Those are apparently cliff swallow nests (the residents had departed, though, so we couldn't be sure)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/precambrian1.jpgPrecambrian1The Precambrian surface had been weathered for more than a billion years by the time the Ordovician rocks were deposited on top.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/helicopter2.jpghelicopter2Pack. Check. Hammers. Check. Shotgun. Check ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/helicopter.jpghelicopterThe helicopter landed on the one little patch of dry granite.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rapids-from-air.jpgrapids from airThe rapids at Portage Chute are tremendously steep and treacherous.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/portage_chute_air1.jpgPortage_Chute_Air1The unconformity extends all the way to the horizon2016-03-18T02:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/11/28/dead-in-a-ditch/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/old-burn.jpgold burnhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ditch_lengthwise.jpgditch_lengthwisehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dome.jpgdomecan see the layers spalling off this dome, like onion skinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wrinkles.jpgwrinklesStromatolite with a wrinkled surfacehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/many-domes.jpgmany domeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dave_contemplates.jpgDave_contemplatesDave contemplates the ditch.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ditch_lengthwise2.jpgditch_lengthwise22018-09-05T20:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/02/21/melange/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/little_window.jpglittle_windowhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jerusalem-artichokes.jpgJerusalem artichokes. . . and just down the road, Jerusalem artichokes wave beside the river.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/caen.jpgCaenSome of the Caen stone has been severely weathered (coin diameter is 26.5 mm).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sandstone-bedding.jpgsandstone beddingA cross-stratified sandstone, which also appears to show small-scale faultinghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dirty-sandstone.jpgdirty sandstoneA very "dirty sandstone" containing abundant rock fragments and a mixture of minerals.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doorway.jpgdoorwayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/interior.jpginteriorIf you ever have the chance to visit, the interior of the church is also worth a look. The board and batten is a clear indication of the very high level of carpentry in 19th century New Brunswick. My recollection is that the boards and battens are butternut and oak, respectively.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/baptist-church.jpgbaptist churchJust up the road stands this lovely overgrown Baptist church.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fieldstone.jpgfieldstoneA piece of granitic fieldstone is incorporated into a wall.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/window.jpgwindowThe end window illustrates the fine carving qualities of Caen stone. Note the great variety of other stone in this wall!2016-03-18T02:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/06/01/anthropocene-unconformity/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pembina-highway1.jpgPembina Highway1Pembina Highway, Winnipeghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gotha-steps.jpgGotha stepsGotha, Germanyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/king-street-e.jpgKing Street EKing Street East, Saint Johnhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vancouver-convention.jpgVancouver ConventionVancouver Convention Centrehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gotha-paving.jpgGotha pavinghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/canadian-tire.jpgCanadian TireWinnipeghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fredericton-snow.jpgFredericton snowSnow on the Saint John River, Frederictonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/greystones.jpgGreystonesGreystones, Irelandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/montreal-notre-dame.jpgMontreal Notre DameMontrealhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fton-path.jpgFton pathThe path2016-03-18T02:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/07/19/seal-cove-beach/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/seaweeds.jpgseaweedsA square metre of this rocky shore must host thousands of plants and animals.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/smokehouses.jpgsmokehousesAt the village end of the beach, the wonderful disused herring smokehouses have been rightly declared a national historic site, but most of them still await conservation and, perhaps, repurposing.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/seaweed-rock.jpgseaweed rockOn this spur of rock, the crest of a toupee of seaweed is peeled aside to reveal a bald pate.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/seaweed-zone.jpgseaweed zone. . . to a seaweed-encrusted rocky shoreline.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/slope-algae.jpgslope algaeAt the far end of the sandy beach, a sloping shelf of bedrock marks the transition . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crab-taphonomy.jpgcrab taphonomyTo understand how gulls predated/scavenged this crab, follow the footprints and traces backward.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pilings.jpgpilingsOld pilings protruding from the sand serve as homes for algae and invertebrates.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/channels.jpgchannelsWhat is the physical process that causes these remarkably regular tidal channels across the beach? I'm sure that there is an M.Sc. thesis here . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/seal-cove-beach.jpgSeal Cove beachhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mist.jpgmist2016-03-18T02:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/08/15/jelly-bloom-at-north-head/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/grand-manan-adventure.jpgGrand Manan AdventureThe arrival of the Grand Manan Adventure put an end to our jelly gazing.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyanea.jpgCyaneaCyanea capillata, the Lion's Manehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/comb-jelly.jpgcomb jellyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_8360edit.jpgIMG_8360edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_8368edit.jpgIMG_8368edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_8350edit.jpgIMG_8350edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/north-head-harbour.jpgNorth Head HarbourNorth Head harbour, viewed from Flagg's Covehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_8365edit.jpgIMG_8365edit2016-03-18T02:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/03/15/up-a-hazy-river/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/14-brian-robert.jpg14 Brian RobertFor the return flight, Brian takes the seat beside Robert.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/13-clear-river.jpg13 clear riverThe day, which started so cool and grey, becomes bright and sparkling as the mist burns off.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12-helicopter-section.jpg12 helicopter sectionHelicopters and the field party visiting one of the riverbank outcropshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11-hazy-river-6.jpg11 hazy river 6By the time we get closer to the sites, the air outside, and the windshield, are both clearerhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/9-hazy-river-4.jpg9 hazy river 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/8-hazy-river-3.jpg8 hazy river 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/7-windscreen-river.jpg7 windscreen riverOver the riverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/6-morning-logbook.jpg6 morning logbookhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/5-wet-window.jpg5 wet windowa helicopter has no windshield wipershttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/4-dave-brian-back-seat.jpg4 Dave Brian back seatDave Rudkin and Brian Pratt, sitting behind me, look a bit wary2016-03-18T02:43:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/09/10/number-82/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sunset.jpgsunsethttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sunset-road.jpgsunset roadhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dave_draws.jpgdave_drawsDave Rudkin adds an endocerid cephalopod to the side of the truck.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/drawings.jpgdrawingsNumber 82, appropriately decorated as a paleontology field vehiclehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/toolsofthetrade.jpgtoolsofthetradeTools of the trade: there is plenty of room in the back for packs, boots, samples, tools, and a shotgun for polar bear protection.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/road-leads-on.jpgroad leads onSuburbans are well suited to the gravel roads of the Churchill area. This is the shore road near Churchill.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flatbed.jpgflatbedIt is a challenge to get vehicles to and from Churchill. Here, the Manitoba Geological Survey's drill rig is loaded onto a flatbed car, for its travels on the Hudson Bay Railway.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/grand-rapids-uplands.jpgGrand Rapids UplandsIn the Grand Rapids Uplands, spring of 2005https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/82-side.jpg82 side82 on the shore at Airport Covehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/study-centre-vehicles.jpgStudy Centre vehiclesThe Churchill Northern Studies Centre owns a fleet of several vehicles, a substantial proportion of them are Suburbans of a certain age.2016-03-18T02:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/10/05/white-cross-breakdown/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/channel.jpgchannelMany of the jellies are near one or two large channels/creeks along the beachhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rope-with-algae.jpgrope with algaehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/graham-stands-in-the-sea.jpgGraham stands in the seaSo much to see in the sea!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jelly-rind.jpgjelly rindAny further than this and the jelly will no longer be recognizable, it will be gonehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/crispy-jelly.jpgcrispy jellyThis very crispy example is lifting off the surface, but canals are still visiblehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jelly-foot.jpgjelly footThe outer parts develop a silvery appearance - becoming dry and "crispy"https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jelly-canals.jpgjelly canalsThe tough canals and gonads maintain some plumpnesshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jelly-collapsed.jpgjelly collapsedAs jelly begins to dry, the mesoglea collapseshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jelly-over-stones.jpgjelly over stonesEven a fresh example conforms to the stones beneath it on the beach - no skeleton!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/plump-jelly.jpgplump jellyA very fresh jelly on the beach isn't much different from a live one2016-03-18T02:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/11/27/down-the-road/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/big-pond.jpgbig pondhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cnsc-sign.jpgCNSC signThe birdfish is the symbol of CNSChttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spruces.jpgspruceshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rocket-on-stand.jpgrocket on standA rocket on a stand marks the site of the old gate to the rocket range.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wrinkled-mat-2.jpgwrinkled mat 2A detailed view of the mathttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wrinkled-mat-1.jpgwrinkled mat 1The bottom of the pond is cloaked with a wrinkled microbial mat.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-pond.jpgthe pondLet's take a look at the bottom of this little pond . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pondland.jpgpondlandBetween CNSC and the sea, the landscape is about 50% water.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rocket-range-road.jpgrocket range roadCNSC is to the left of the old research rocket range.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tourists2.jpgtourists2Michael Cuggy (L) and Dave Rudkin on the road, with the Churchill Northern Studies Centre on the horizon behind them.2016-03-18T02:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2016/03/17/i-havent-been-around-here-much-lately-because/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/debbie-and-the-mount.jpgDebbie and the mount2016-03-28T00:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2015/01/03/playground-for-a-polar-bears-picnic/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/roundabout.jpgroundabouthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/playground-climbing-frame.jpgplayground climbing framehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/teeter-totters.jpgteeter tottershttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/playground-overview.jpgplayground overview2015-01-08T14:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/10/28/the-raft-of-the-medusa/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_7214.jpgIMG_7214Paleontological collections storage at the Field Museumhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/indiana_boxjelly.jpgIndiana_boxjellyCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian) fossil jellyfish from the Mecca Shale (Field Museum of Natural History, PE23963)2014-11-30T22:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/10/07/travels-on-the-churchill-river/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-head-rapids-1.jpgRed Head Rapids 1The riverbank near Red Head Rapidshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/portage-chute-2.jpgPortage Chute 2Below Portage Chute, the Churchill River is lined with steep cliffs for many kilometres.2014-10-07T21:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/08/25/four-bears/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/airport-cove-sunset.jpgAirport Cove sunsethttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bear_cove.jpgbear_covehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bears_cove.jpgbear_coveAirport Cove may be a big place, but even one bear seems to fill it quite effectively.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bear_shore.jpgbear_shorehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/beasr_goose.jpgbear_gooseThe bear seems proud of his goose, like a dog with a bone.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bear_field2.jpgbear_field2The bear as we first saw himhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bear_field.jpgbear_field2014-09-03T03:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/08/08/the-rocks-remain/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset1.jpgsunset1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/7-dock.jpg7 dockhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/6-dock-road.jpg6 dock roadhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5-rocks-shore-1.jpg5 rocks shore 1The scarp may be moving back, but the gneiss and granite boulders aren't going anywhere.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/4-wood1.jpg4 wood1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/3-woodslump.jpg3 wood&slumpI suspect that the wood at the base of this slope is the remnant of someone's stairs to the beach. https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2-scarp.jpg2 scarpThe freshly cut scarp reveals stratified sandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cobble-shore.jpgcobble shore2014-08-27T03:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/07/11/surveying-mount-sylvan/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jim-and-blue-clay.jpgJim and blue clayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jim-and-quarry-face.jpgJim and quarry facehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the-cliff.jpgthe cliffhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the-mountain.jpgthe mountain2014-07-29T16:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/06/30/save-the-polar-bear/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bergy-bit.jpgbergy bitNatural habitat: melting ice on the Hudson Bay shorehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/english-woodland.jpgEnglish WoodlandSpinning in a woodland in Gloucestershire, Englandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/st-pauls.jpgSt PaulsSt. Paul's Cathedral, Londonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pbear.jpgpbearPolar bear at Akimiski (photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/aki-bear4.jpgaki bear4Mother bear and cubs at Akimiski. (photo Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/aki-bear2.jpgaki bear2Polar bear at Akimiski Island, James Bay (photo Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2014-07-03T15:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/06/17/standing-at-the-crossroads/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/t-rex-drive.jpgT-rex driveT. rex apparently weighed about 5-7 tonnes, so it could have safely crossed the bridge on T. rex Drive in Eastend, Saskatchewan.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/st-lupicin.jpgSt-Lupicinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mutual.jpgmutualWawanesa, Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lauder.jpgLauderLauder, Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/elmore-railway.jpgElmore Railwayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/schoolhouse.jpgschoolhouseOld schoolhouse at a crossroads in southwestern Manitoba2014-06-30T21:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/06/03/catacombs/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bandstand.jpgbandstandThe Saint John City Cornet Band apparently donated the bandstand as a memorial to King Edward VII, a year before he actually died. Evidence that they were involved in a secret assassination plot?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/harbour.jpgharbourSaint John really is a remarkable town, a place like nowhere else on the planet. Bedraggled, decrepit, and chock-full of architecture and topography that the tourist board of almost any other city in North America would kill for.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ribs.jpgribshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/heliolites.jpgHelioliteshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/coral_drawer.jpgcoral_drawerA drawer of coral specimens I had collected long ago, and a typical specimen.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/coral-cabinets.jpgcoral cabinetshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cougar_cabinets.jpgcougar_cabinetshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/whalebones1.jpgwhalebones1Whale skeletons in deep storagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/museum-porch.jpgmuseum porchhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/whalebones2.jpgwhalebones22014-06-10T19:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/06/01/palaeocasting-call/2014-06-02T03:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/01/29/rocket-range/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_truck_fwd.jpgrange_truck_fwdhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_big_door.jpgrange_big_doorhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_overview_hare.jpgrange_overview_hareThe area teems with wildlife; the hare in the foreground was one of a family that lived beside the Study Centre.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_truck22.jpgrange_truck2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_truck21.jpgrange_truck2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_truck2.jpgrange_truck2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_truck1.jpgrange_truck1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_crane3.jpgrange_crane3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_crane2.jpgrange_crane2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/range_crane1.jpgrange_crane12014-05-02T19:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/04/27/blast-from-the-past/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/t-rex-skull.jpgT rex skullAfter the end Cretaceous extinction, small mammals scamper across the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex. (diorama at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa)2014-05-09T15:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/04/23/beasts-in-the-walls/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10-dinosaur.jpg10 dinosaurhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9-fish1.jpg9 fish1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/8-fish-2.jpg8 fish 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/7-placoderm.jpg7 placodermhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6-eurypterid.jpg6 eurypteridhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/5-window1.jpg5 window1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-columns-2.jpg4 columns 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/3-pterosaur.jpg3 pterosaurhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2-outside-wall-1.jpg2 outside wall 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1-main-doors.jpg1 main doors2014-04-25T14:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/03/22/water-low/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vb_sunset1.jpgVB_sunset1Victoria Beach, Lake Winnipeg, Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/malignant.jpgmalignantMalignant Cove, Nova Scotiahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/water_droplet1.jpgwater_dropletNear the Field Museum, Chicagohttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/water_droplet.jpgwater_dropletNear the Field Museum, Chicagohttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the_green_1.jpgThe_Green_12014-03-23T18:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/03/20/a-matter-of-millimetres/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/st-andrews-channel-1.jpgSt Andrews channel 1Algae in a tidal flat channel, St. Andrews, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/seaweed-bed.jpgseaweed bedhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/north-head-seaweeds.jpgNorth Head SeaweedsNear North Head, Grand Manan Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rock-crab.jpgrock crabRock crab on Grand Mananhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/periwinkle.jpgperiwinklePeriwinkle at Pocologanhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/anchorage-flat-pond.jpgAnchorage flat pondThe Anchorage, Grand Manan Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pocologan-flat-2.jpgPocologan flat 2Water fills shallow depressions in the Pocologan tidal flat.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/blacks-harbour-seaweeds.jpgBlacks Harbour seaweedsSeaweeds on the shore near Black's Harbour, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pocologan-flat-1a1.jpgPocologan flat 1AMorning low tide at Pocologan, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pocologan-flat-1a.jpgPocologan flat 1A2014-03-24T20:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/01/23/a-provenance-problem/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/urchin.jpgurchinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ashburton-memorial.jpgAshburton memorialThe dead from the wreck of the Lord Ashburton were buried in the cemetery at North Head, Grand Manan Island.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beach-plant.jpgbeach planthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/flotsam.jpgflotsamFlotsam (or is this jetsam?)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whale-cove-bar-2.jpgWhale Cove Bar 2From the seaward side, the bar is quite steep and tallhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/basalts.jpgbasaltshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ashburton-head4.jpgAshburton HeadAshburton Head and the Seven Days Workhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cobbles.jpgcobblesPebbles and cobbles on the barhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whale-cove-bar-1.jpgWhale Cove Bar 1The bar, with sea on the right and barachois on the lefthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whale-cove-pano.jpgwhale cove panoWhale Cove, viewed from the beach2014-03-05T03:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/02/18/the-past-is-a-big-country/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mb-slough.jpgMB sloughAlong the Trans Canada Highway in western Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mb-fire.jpgMB fireStubble burning near Morden, Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/shediac-nb.jpgShediac NBShediac, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ontario-autumn.jpgOntario autumnAutumn in south-central Ontariohttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/calgary-horizon.jpgCalgary horizonCalgary on the horizon (viewed from the east)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sk-snow.jpgSK snowSnow in May, somewhere near Morse, Saskatchewan (it seems entirely appropriate that "morse" is an archaic name for walrus)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/canada-map.jpgCanada mapThe trans Canada timeline (with thanks to Google Maps)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vancouver-ships.jpgvancouver shipsEnglish Bay, Vancouverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/stanley-park-rain.jpgStanley Park rainStanley Park in the rainhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/salt-marsh.jpgsalt marshSalt marsh near Cape Enrage, New Brunswick2014-03-05T03:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/03/04/medusa-hall/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-tardigrade.jpgE tardigradehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-sponges.jpgE spongeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-scorpions.jpgE scorpionshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-neuropterida.jpgE Neuropteridahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-mammals.jpgE mammalshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-etched.jpgE etchedhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-echidna.jpgE Echidnahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-ecdysozoa.jpgE Ecdysozoahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-dictyoptera.jpgE Dictyopterahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e-crustaceans.jpgE crustaceans2014-05-13T13:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/09/05/swarms/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1389_versailles_worship.jpg1389_Versailles_worshipStrange ritualized swarming behaviour observed in Homo sapiens, Palace of Versailles, Francehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cranes1.jpgcranes1Sandhill Cranes in the Grand Rapids Uplands of Manitoba, August, 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gull_swarm.jpggull_swarmhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/geese1.jpggeese1Canada geese in the Grand Rapids Uplands of Manitoba, August, 20122014-01-16T03:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/09/28/i-love-the-smell-of-fossils-in-the-morning/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/face-down_wl.jpgface-down_WLAt William Lake, I can often be seen with my nose stuck into the geological record.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/debbie_michael_me.jpgDebbie_Michael_meAt William Lake, there is often ample opportunity to smell the rocks. Here, Debbie Thompson and Michael Cuggy work through one of our previous rubble heaps, while in the background I am examining a "new" dolostone bed.2014-01-16T03:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/10/31/in-which-pooh-is-entirely-surrounded-by-water/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-3105_sauropod_coprolite.jpgV-3105_sauropod_coproliteThis coprolite (external view and polished section) is part of a mass thought to have been produced by a sauropod (MM V-3105)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-3106_theropod_coprolite3.jpgV-3106_theropod_coproliteA large coprolite from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, thought to have been produced by a theropod dinosaur (MM V-3106).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-3106_theropod_coprolite2.jpgV-3106_theropod_coprolitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-3106_theropod_coprolite1.jpgV-3106_theropod_coproliteA large coprolite from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, thought to have been produced by a theropod dinosaur (MM V-3106).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-3106_theropod_coprolite.jpgV-3106_theropod_coproliteA large coprolite from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, thought to have been produced by a theropod dinosaur (MM V-3106).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-2453_fish_chainlakes.jpgV-2453_fish_ChainLakesThis possible fish coprolite from Cretaceous rocks at Chain Lakes, Manitoba, is filled with fish scales and spines (MM V-2453).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v-2388_fishrept_bigmuddy_tert.jpgV-2388_FishRept_BigMuddy_TertA marine coprolite (reptile or fish) from Paleocene? rocks at Big Muddy Lake, Saskatchewan (The Manitoba Museum, specimenV-2388)2014-01-16T03:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/11/14/stonewall-striations/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lime_kilns.jpglime_kilnsStonewall's century-old lime kilnshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/visitor_centre.jpgvisitor_centreThe old Stonewall Quarry Park visitor centre burned down a few years ago. This new structure is beautiful, and includes some excellent exhibits (more on this in the future, perhaps).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striations3.jpgstriations3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striation_detail3.jpgstriation_detail3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striation_detail1.jpgstriation_detail1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striation_detail2.jpgstriation_detail2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striations2.jpgstriations2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/striations1.jpgstriations12014-01-16T03:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/12/15/the-dawn-of-experimental-taphonomy/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/walcott_traces.jpgWalcott_tracesDrag marks produced by moving the oral arms of Aurelia across the surface of wet plaster (Walcott, 1898, pl.33)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/walcott_aurelia.jpgWalcott_AureliaOne of Walcott's photographs of an Aurelia cast in plaster (Walcott, 1898, pl. 31)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/estonia_jelly1.jpgestonia_jelly1Dead Aurelia on the shore of the Baltic Sea, Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/aurelia_3.jpgAurelia_3The modern jellyfish Aurelia. Walcott wondered how a fossil like Semaeostomites could have come from medusae such as these.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/semaeostomites.jpgSemaeostomitesHaeckel's diagram of the Solnhofen fossil Semaeostomites (re-published in Walcott, 1898)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/walcott_title.jpgWalcott_title2014-01-16T03:25:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/01/23/legislative-harmony/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-7_rotunda-floor-1.jpgStop 7_Rotunda floor 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-7_dome-1.jpgStop 7_dome 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-6_door.jpgStop 6_doorhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-4_stairs-detail.jpgStop 4_stairs detailhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-4_stair-end.jpgStop 4_stair endhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-2_overview-4.jpgStop 2_overview 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-2_overview-2.jpgStop 2_overview 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/stop-2_corner.jpgStop 2_corner2014-01-16T03:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/01/29/murmuration/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/greenland-lunchtime2.jpgGreenland lunchtime2South of Greenland in the middle of the day  (these images are all derived from http://flightaware.com/live/)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/antarctica-south-america.jpgAntarctica South AmericaA lone flight south of South Americahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/china.jpgChinaFlights over Chinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/japan-east.jpgJapan EastEast of Japanhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hawaii-night.jpgHawaii nightEvening between Hawaii and Californiahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lhr.jpgLHRDaytime flights around London Heathrowhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/atlantic-night.jpgAtlantic nightEvening near Newfoundlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/greenland-lunchtime.jpgGreenland lunchtimeSouth of Greenland in the middle of the day2014-01-16T03:22:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/02/28/saints-rest/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/yellow-birch.jpgyellow birchYellow birch in the woods on Taylors Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/breccia.jpgbrecciaThe clasts in this breccia boulder are illustrative of Saint John's varied geologyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mudflow.jpgmudflowA spectacular mudflow emanates from the bluffhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/manawagonish-island.jpgManawagonish IslandManawagonish Island, just offshore, is also a nature reserve.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/beach2.jpgbeach2Vegetated beach ridge between the beach and the salt marshhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dead-trees.jpgdead treesAs is the case on Grand Manan, dead trees at the edge of the salt marsh suggest relative sea level change. Either the sea has risen enough that high tide salt has killed the trees, or the land has been sinking. https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/islet.jpgisletAn islet in the salt marsh channelhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/channel.jpgchannelA tidal channel in the salt marshhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mud.jpgmudManawagonish Creek in the salt marsh (note to my prairie friends: those shiny surfaces are mud, not ice!)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/boardwalk.jpgboardwalkThe salt marsh boardwalk2023-10-10T00:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/03/03/death-horizon/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/outcrop.jpgoutcropSmall patches of in-place outcrop occur across a large area of weathered dolostone.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kinaschukoceras.jpgKinaschukocerasA large specimen of Kinaschukoceras.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/group_of_cephs.jpggroup_of_cephsA cluster of cephalopods belonging to the genus Kinaschukoceras, spread across a bedding plane surface.2014-01-16T03:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/03/09/umbilicus/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/woodwork.jpgwoodworkhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/library.jpglibraryThe legislative library seems to take its form from a Romanesque chapel.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/lears.jpgLearsThese strange objects look like three-dimensional representations of Edward Lear cartoons.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/back_windows.jpgback_windowshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/corner-2.jpgcorner 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/overview.jpgoverviewhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/spirals_exterior.jpgspirals_exteriorhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/staircase-6.jpgstaircase 6https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/staircase-2.jpgstaircase 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/staircase-statue.jpgstaircase statue2014-01-16T03:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/03/21/marble-table/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/table4.jpgtable4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/table1.jpgtable1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/table3.jpgtable3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/table2.jpgtable22019-09-14T10:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/03/22/world-water-life/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/whale-tail.jpgwhale tailNear Whitehead Island, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/whistle.jpgWhistleView from The Whistle, Grand Manan Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/apt-cove-e-end-ice_edit.jpgApt. Cove E end ice_editWater in all its physical forms at Airport Cove, Churchillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stop.jpgstophttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/whale-cove.jpgwhale coveWhale Cove, Grand Manan Island: a still morning, with a herring weir on the horizon2014-01-16T03:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/05/28/like-snow-in-june/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shore1.jpgshore1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pelicans1.jpgpelicans1A flotilla of white pelicans, "assisting" a fisherman with his morning net-haulinghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/birds-1.jpgbirds 1Even with the ice, there were birds everywhere. In this photo there are ducks and a shorebird in the foreground, gulls in the middle distance, and dense flocks of pelicans on the shore behind.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ice1.jpgice1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bridge.jpgbridgeThe bridge at Grand Rapidshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ice2.jpgice2Ice pans in the mouth of the Saskatchewan River, Grand Rapids, Manitoba2014-01-16T03:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/07/10/tackling-the-ctenophores/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/creek.jpgcreekhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/anderson-house.jpgAnderson HouseAnderson House, a former mansion converted into residence and dining hall by the Huntsman, is glimpsed through the evening foghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cteno_scan5.jpgcteno_scan5Fragmented specimens of the modern ctenophore Pleurobrachia sp., in a petri dishhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ctenophore_mertensia_ovum.jpgctenophore_Mertensia_ovumThe modern ctenophore Mertensia ovum (NOAA photograph)2014-01-16T03:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/07/19/a-view-from-the-edge/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/a-sign.jpga signhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bird-islet.jpgbird islethttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/basalt-roots.jpgbasalt rootshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cliff-3.jpgcliff 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cliff-2.jpgcliff 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cliff-1.jpgcliff 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/basalt-1.jpgbasalt 12014-01-16T03:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/08/05/its-complicated/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tidal-flat-1.jpgtidal flat 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/anchorage.jpganchoragehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tidal-flat-2.jpgtidal flat 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tubes-1.jpgtubes 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tubes-in-channel-2.jpgtubes in channel 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tubes-in-channel-1.jpgtubes in channel 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/channels2.jpgchannels2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/channels1.jpgchannels1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tidal-flat-3.jpgtidal flat 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tubes-in-channel-3.jpgtubes in channel 32014-01-16T03:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/08/18/index-trace-fossils-of-the-anthropocene/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clock_tower_2.jpgclock_tower_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/clock_tower_1.jpgclock_tower_1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bug_snow.jpgbug_snowhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/footprints1.jpgfootprints1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/footprints2.jpgfootprints2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/locality.jpglocality2014-01-16T03:08:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/09/14/found-in-a-quarry/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/quarry-truck-5.jpgquarry truck 5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/quarry-truck-4.jpgquarry truck 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/quarry-truck-3.jpgquarry truck 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/quarry-truck-2.jpgquarry truck 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/quarry-truck-1.jpgquarry truck 12014-01-16T03:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/10/15/dublin-bay-dusk/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sunset1.jpgsunset1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/runners.jpgrunnersIn spite of the fact that my photos largely ignore them, there were many other people along the shore that evening.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/power-station.jpgpower stationhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tyre2.jpgtyre2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/plastic.jpgplastichttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/strand.jpgstrandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ripples2.jpgripples2Some fine interference ripples interrupted by boot prints (mine, I think)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ripples1.jpgripples1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cockles1.jpgcockles1Many more cockles can be found ground to pieces, and mixed with other shells up near the strandline.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cockles2.jpgcockles22014-01-16T03:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/11/04/travelling-hopefully/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bmw.jpgBMWRain near Nuremberghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pylons.jpgpylonsSomewhere in Thuringia, I think.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/riesen.jpgRiesenGamla Stan, Stockholmhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sas.jpgsashttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/universitetet.jpguniversitetetUniversitetet station on the Tunnelbana, Stockholmhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stockholm_boat.jpgstockholm_boathttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dunster.jpgDunsterDunster Castlehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/munich_tunnel.jpgmunich_tunnelA road tunnel in Munich2014-01-16T03:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/11/09/after-burn/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/forest2.jpgforest2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/snag2.jpgsnag2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stromatolites.jpgstromatolitesIf you see stromatolites in central Manitoba, it is very likely that you are in Silurian rock!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/snag1.jpgsnag1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/aspen.jpgaspenhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/forest1.jpgforest1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cone.jpgconeJackpine cones famously release their seeds only when exposed to tremendous heat. This makes them ideally adapted to post-fire recovery.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/seedlings.jpgseedlingsjackpine seedlings rise through the fractured dolostone.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tree1.jpgtree1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/forest3.jpgforest32014-02-08T21:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/11/22/ordovician-silurian-boundary-williston-basin/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/map_colour-rev4copy.jpgMap_colour rev4copyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stop8_group_tmarker.jpgStop8_Group_tmarker2014-01-16T03:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/12/10/dead-zoo/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/22insomnia.jpg22insomniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/21topiary.jpg21topiaryOutside the museum, topiary creatures caper.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20walrus.jpg20walrusDon't touch the walrus!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19antelopes.jpg19antelopeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/18agouti.jpg18agoutihttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/17fierce_cat.jpg17fierce_catMost of the carnivores look fierce . . .https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/16big-cats.jpg16big catsSome of the big cats look uncomfortable in their .glass casehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/15elephant3-copy.jpg15elephant3 copyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/14elephant2.jpg14elephant2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/13upper_hall.jpg13upper_hallThe upper gallery is lined with heads of animals shot all over the world2014-05-16T14:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2014/01/12/what-you-see-is-what-you-get-sometimes/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/saaremaa-aurelia.jpgSaaremaa AureliaDecomposing moon jellies on the Baltic Sea shore, Saaremaa Island, Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bear-gulch660_edit1.jpgBear Gulch660_edit1The fossil slab from Bear Gulch (Royal Ontario Museum specimen)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/colonsay-cyanea.jpgColonsay CyaneaPassing through the taphonomic mill: a somewhat degraded example of Cyanea capillata on the tidal flat, Island of Colonsay, Scotlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/norm.jpgnormNorm Aime examines a large dead example of Cyanea capillata (the Lion's Mane Jellyfish) on the shore of Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba. ((photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rom-anthracomedusa.jpgROM AnthracomedusaFossilized from the outside in: a specimen of the box jellyfish Anthracomedusa, from the Mazon Creek biota (specimen in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum)2014-01-19T21:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/research-downloads/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/front-cover_of2013-5_ft-b1.jpgFront cover_OF2013-5_FT-B1.cdrhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cat-head-fossils.jpgCat Head fossilshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/young_hagadorn_cover1.jpgYoung_Hagadorn_coverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/young_hagadorn_cover.jpgYoung_Hagadorn_coverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jelly_group.jpgjelly_grouphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cat_head_poster_page.jpgCat_Head_Poster_Pagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ipc_image.jpgipc_image2013-11-22T23:08:26+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientshore.com/2013/08/25/happy-snail-trails/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/snail-4.jpgsnail 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ghosts1.jpgghosts1At the top of the beach ridge, hogweeds loom through the mist like ghosts https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/roots.jpgrootshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/old-mans-beard.jpgold mans beard"Old man's beard" lichen festoons the treeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/snail-3.jpgsnail 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/water-droplets-2.jpgwater droplets 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/water-droplets-1.jpgwater droplets 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/slug.jpgslughttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/snail-1.jpgsnail 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boardwalk.jpgboardwalk2013-08-26T02:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/07/08/passamaquoddy-abstracts/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/strandline.jpgstrandlinehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sandstone.jpgsandstoneThinly laminated sandstone bedrockhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ulva.jpgUlvaUlva ("sea lettuce") in a shallow tidal channelhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stone1.jpgstone1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scums.jpgscumsAlgae and bacteria in the salt marshhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/barnacles.jpgbarnacleshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/debris1.jpgdebris1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/deer-island-1.jpgDeer Island 1Deer Island viewed from Saint Andrews (with possibly some smaller islands mixed in)2013-07-12T01:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/04/20/life-and-times/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rolf_et_al.jpgRolf_et_alRolf Ludvigsen with students current and past at the 1986 Albany Canadian Paleontology and Biostratigraphy Seminar. L-R: me, Steve Westrop, Brian Pratt, and Rolf. Our cups undoubtedly hold coffee.2013-05-07T04:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/about/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/skull_avi_bw1.jpgskull_avi_bwhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/skull_avi_bw.jpgskull_avi_bwhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/beachcomber.jpgbeachcomberhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/g-photolr.jpgg-photolr2025-01-07T18:30:14+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientshore.com/2009/02/13/the-ithica/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithica_angle.jpgithica_anglehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithica_sunset3.jpgithica_sunset3Ithica from the east at high tidehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithicaflats.jpgithicaflatsAt low tide, Bird Cove becomes an immense sandy tidal flat, with the Ithica toward its seaward edge.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithicawindow.jpgithicawindowA gap in the hull frames the view westward along the shore.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithica_scrap12.jpgithica_scrap12The ship was long ago stripped of its cargo and any valuables, and has been left to gently rust and decay on the tidal flat.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithica_guys_detail.jpgithica_guys_detailA typically scruffy paleontology field crew visits the Ithica. L-R are Pete Fenton, me, and Norm Aime (perhaps you can understand why the people at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre called us "the guys with the funny hats").https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ithicameinthemiddle.jpgithicameinthemiddle2015-02-14T22:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/07/30/on-the-level/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_2308.jpgIMG_2308https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/labs1.jpglabs1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/castalia_trees.jpgCastalia_treesDead trees at the back of the saltmarsh may have been killed by an ongoing sea level rise.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/castalia_peat2.jpgCastalia_peat2A large quantity of wood is embedded in the peathttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/castalia_peat.jpgCastalia_peatThe peat horizon is being rapidly eroded by the sea (Keita for scale)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/castalia_stump.jpgCastalia_stumpThe stump that Dick and Noni were examininghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/grant_dog.jpgGrant_dogDick Grant with Noni at the beach beside Castalia Marsh, Grand Manan Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/whitehead_tree.jpgWhitehead_treeTree stump buried in the beach on Whitehead Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beach-ridges-button-bay.jpgbeach-ridges,-Button-BayEd Dobrzanski stands beside ancient beach ridges at Button Bay, Hudson Bay. Beach ridges extend inland from Button Bay, providing abundant and often graphic evidence that the land has steadily rising (and local relative sea level falling) as a result of post-glacial rebound.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rudkin_beach-ridge1.jpgRudkin_beach-ridgePaleontological field party on a beach ridge east of Churchill, Manitoba (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2013-02-28T02:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/09/28/saltmarsh/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dipper_overview.jpgDipper_overviewThe salt marsh at Dipper Harbour, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/whale_cove_horsetails.jpgWhale_Cove_horsetailsHorsetails behind the barachois at Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dipper_grasses_comp.jpgDipper_grasses_compGrasses and channels in the salt marsh at Dipper Harbour, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/colonsay.jpgColonsayPonds above the shore, Island of Colonsay, Scotlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/beach_pea.jpgbeach_peaBeach pea above Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/anchorage.jpgAnchorageBeach near The Anchorage, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/halfway_point.jpgHalfway_PointShore near Halfway Point, Churchill area, Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/whistle.jpgWhistleView from the Whistle, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/whale_cove_flowers.jpgWhale_Cove_flowersFireweed behind the barachois at Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dipper_composite.jpgDipper_compositeThe marsh at Dipper Harbour buzzes with life. Top to bottom are the salt-tolerant plant Salicornia rubra; spiders at the edge of a pool; abundant snails in a channel.2013-02-28T02:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/07/22/zen-garden-tidal-flat/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/team.jpgteamIn Bird Cove this evening, Debbie Thompson, Matt Demski, and Dave Rudkinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tracks_goose.jpgtracks_gooseTen out of ten paleontologists think of Velociraptors every time they see large bird tracks. These particular theropod prints were made by a Canada Goose.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/snail_tracks.jpgsnail_tracksIf only the snails that made these tracks could spell, they would produce a beautiful cursive script.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rouche.jpgroucheInterference ripples take on the appearance of a ruched fabric.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ripples_forever.jpgripples_foreverFrom some angles the ripples seem to go on forever.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/reducing_pond.jpgreducing_pondThis narrow pond penetrates into the dark reduction zone hiding below the pale sediment surface.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/quartzite_knob.jpgquartzite_knobA knob of Proterozoic Churchill Quartzite looms out of the fog.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patterns_bertillon.jpgpatterns_bertillonRipples form a Bertillon Pattern.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tidal_flat_overview.jpgtidal_flat_overviewThe broad shallow channels shine silver in the fog.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tidal_flat_boulders.jpgtidal_flat_boulders2013-02-28T02:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/12/13/modern-shore-ice-on-the-headpond/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/snow_on_ice-21.jpgsnow_on_ice 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marsh.jpgmarshThe shore is marshy on the landward side of the causeway. The dark leads in the ice seemed very dramatic.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ice-2.jpgice 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/snow_on_ice-2.jpgsnow_on_ice 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/downhill.jpgdownhillView down the steep slope at the northeast end of Keswick Ridgehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/snow_on_ice-1.jpgsnow_on_ice 1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ice-1.jpgice 12013-02-28T02:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/04/29/modern-shore-images-of-decay/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lichen.jpglichenhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bunker1.jpgbunker1A crumbling coastal defence bunkerhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/seaweed_mats.jpgseaweed_matsIn a quiet bay, a dried mat of seaweed on the shore is accompanied, below sea level, by a rim of repulsive purple sulfur bacteria. The mat is cracked polygonally, and the seaweeds have been compacted and rendered into a dense amorphous material. https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/boat.jpgboathttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jellyfish_strew.jpgjellyfish_strewA strew of rotting jellyfish (Aurelia sp.)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rust3.jpgrust3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rust1.jpgrust1The rusted remnants of a ruined ship create abstract forms on the shore (top, above, and below).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rust2.jpgrust22013-02-28T02:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/05/02/modern-shore-lincoln-eve/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/saint_john_river_2.jpgSaint_John_River_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wilmot_bluff_2.jpgWilmot_Bluff_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wilmot_bluff_1.jpgWilmot_Bluff_1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/saint_john_river_1.jpgSaint_John_River_12013-02-28T02:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/02/10/late-ordovician-konservat-lagerstatten-in-manitoba/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ac-part-3.jpgAC part 3arthropodshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ac-part-2.jpgAC part 2other taxahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ac-algae.jpgAC AlgaeDasycladalean green algae2013-05-02T03:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/01/06/tech-savvy/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample3.pngdraft_sample3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample5.pngdraft_sample5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample2.jpgdraft_sample2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample1.pngdraft_sample1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample4.pngdraft_sample4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/draft_sample6.pngdraft_sample62013-01-24T14:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/12/24/blanketed/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wolfe1.jpgWolfe1General Wolfehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/legislature-west.jpgLegislature WestThe Legislative Building's west porchhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pillars.jpgpillarsTyndall Stone pillars on the west porchhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wolfe-hands.jpgWolfe handsWolfe's cold handshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dufferin2.jpgDufferin2Dufferin's face, complete with tribal tattooshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wolfe_lipstick.jpgWolfe_lipstickGeneral Wolfe's white lipstickhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dufferin1.jpgDufferin1Lord Dufferin, snuggled beneath his blanket.2013-01-23T17:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2013/01/15/cross-platform/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/00061000.jpg00061000The Megatherium and Glyptodon at the Redpath Museum, Montreal, 1925https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/slothslide.jpgslothslide2013-01-23T17:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/12/11/clearing-the-decks/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ferry-deck1.jpgferry deck1Car and passenger ferry, Kuivastu, Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ferry-deck2.jpgferry deck22012-12-16T19:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/12/02/the-inmates-take-over-the-laboratory/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/flies-distance.jpgflies distancehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/doorway.jpgdoorwayJudging by this doorway in the house, the Criddles probably were not particularly tall people (OK, I admit that I am somewhat tall, but still ...).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moths.jpgmothsIn addition to the flies, there was plenty of evidence of recent occupation by other arthropods.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/st_albans.jpgSt_AlbansThis is the second Criddle homestead named "St. Albans"; dates from https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/criddle_plaque.jpgCriddle_plaquehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/flies-detail3.jpgflies detail3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/flies-detail1.jpgflies detail1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/flies-angle1.jpgflies anglehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lab-sign.jpgLab signNorman Criddle was the ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lab_distance.jpglab_distanceThe lab building stands some distance from the Criddle house.2012-12-16T03:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/11/22/dead-fall/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/turkey_dave.jpgturkey_DaveDave Rudkin photographs a turkey, https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/turkey-4.jpgturkey 4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/turkey-5.jpgturkey 5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/turkey-1.jpgturkey 1Kawarthas, Ontario, September 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/turkey-3.jpgturkey 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ribs.jpgribsInterlake, Manitoba, October 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jaw2.jpgjaw2Interlake, Manitoba, October 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/skull.jpgskullInterlake, Manitoba, October 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/the-cows-2.jpgthe cows 2Interlake, Manitoba, October 2012https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/the-cows-1.jpgthe cows 12012-11-30T23:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/10/19/by-misty-crags/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/treesrock1.jpgtrees&rock1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/waspnest.jpgwaspnesthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ripples.jpgripplesLarge ripples of the ancient seafloor stand up from modern sediment that infills their troughs.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gunton_cephalopod.jpgGunton_cephalopodA coiled cephalopod in the Gunton Member (maybe Charactoceras)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/knoll1.jpgknoll1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/penitentiary_brachiopods.jpgPenitentiary_brachiopodsMouldic examples of the brachiopod Diceromyonia storeya in the Penitentiary Member (coin diameter 28.5 mm)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/strata1.jpgstrata1There are places where the misty light really enhances the appearance of the outcrop. Here, there is a vividness to the colours of the Gunn Member (red, below) and Penitentiary Member (yellow, above) of the Upper Ordovician Stony Mountain Formation (I haven't really enhanced any of these photos very much; this is the way it looked that morning).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pond1.jpgpond1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pond3.jpgpond3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pond2.jpgpond22012-11-01T00:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/09/25/marmora/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cedars1.jpgcedars1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cedars2.jpgcedars2Cedars on the slope seem to be almost growing out of the bare limestone of the Gull River Formation.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mud_cracks.jpgmud_cracksPossible Ordovician mud crackshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marmora_ripples.jpgMarmora_ripplesSmall-scale ripples in the Ordovician Shadow Lake Formationhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marmoraton3.jpgMarmoraton3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marmoraton2.jpgMarmoraton2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marmoraton4.jpgMarmoraton4The former Marmoraton iron mine contains immense exposures of Ordovician limestone. It is a pity that we cannot get in to examine them!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marmoraton1.jpgMarmoraton12013-09-15T10:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/09/14/took-the-words-right-out-of-my-mouth/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/virden-wall.jpgVirden wall2012-09-16T20:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/08/13/northward-again/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/north_again1.jpgnorth_againhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/north_again.jpgnorth_again2012-08-14T10:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/08/10/coincidence/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/homo_africa.jpgHomo_africaThe photo on the left is © Fred Spoor and derived from scitechdaily.com. The image on the right is from wikimedia commons. I admit that I did skew the satellite image slightly!2012-08-12T04:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/07/30/what-if-this-is-the-stuff-that-lasts/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lou.jpgLouhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/philbert.jpgPhilberthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sylvia.jpgSylviahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/unauthorized-use.jpgunauthorized usehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/all-i-know.jpgAll I know2012-08-01T21:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/07/24/depositional-hiatus/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mineral_case.jpgmineral_case2012-10-21T14:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/07/15/burrows-on-burrows/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lily.jpglilyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/maclurina.jpgMaclurinaGastropods such as this large Maclurina are among the body fossils occurring between burrow mottles.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jackpine.jpgjackpineA jackpine grows out of the jointed bedding plane surfacehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thalassinoides-5.jpgThalassinoides 5A detail of some of the more deeply weathered Thalassinoideshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thalassinoides-4.jpgThalassinoides 4A boxwork of burrows on one of the more deeply weathered surfaceshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thalassinoides-3.jpgThalassinoides 3In this more weathered surface you can see multiple levels and scales of burrows. Sadly, any surface that has been weathered past this stage tends to go completely to pieces.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thalassinoides-2.jpgThalassinoides 2This glacially polished surface in the Grand Rapids Uplands has been somewhat weathered, and the burrows are beginning to stand out in three dimensions.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mottles_edit.jpgmottles_editThe mottles of this bed-parallel Tyndall Stone slab, photographed at the Garson Quarries, are associated with body fossils including a horn coral (lower left), gastropod (snail, centre left), and cephalopod and gastropod (upper left). The lens cap diameter is 56 mm.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thalassinoides-1.jpgThalassinoides 1Thalassinoides covers a glacially-polished horizontal surface (scale bar is in centimetres).2012-07-31T14:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/06/24/18th-century-graffiti-at-churchill/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fort-prince-of-wales-william-irvin-dmr-1998-comp.jpgFort Prince of Wales William Irvin DMR 1998 compWilliam Irvinhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fort-prince-of-wales-henry-robinson-dmr-1998-comp.jpgFort Prince of Wales Henry Robinson DMR 1998 compHenry Robinsonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-7-estuaryfort-gy2001.jpgSloop Cove 7 estuary&fort GY2001View down the estuary from near Sloop Covehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-1-mooring-ring-gy2001.jpgSloop Cove 1 mooring ring GY2001Iron mooring ring (there is at least one similar one at the old trading post site upriver)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-thomas-cowell-dmr-2001-comp.jpgSloop Cove Thomas Cowell DMR 2001 compThomas Cowellhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-geo-holt-dmr-2001-comp.jpgSloop Cove Geo Holt DMR 2001 compHolt and the hanged manhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-6-furnacediscovery-gy2001.jpgSloop Cove 6 Furnace&Discovery GY2001Furnace and Discoveryhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-william-davison-dmr-2001-comp.jpgSloop Cove William Davison DMR 2001 compWilliam Davisonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-9-graffiti-gy2001.jpgSloop Cove 9 graffiti GY2001Glacially polished quartzite surface is coated with abundant graffiti (including quite a bit that is difficult to see unless you get the angle just right).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sloop-cove-3-overview-gy2001.jpgSloop Cove 3 overview GY2001Overview of Sloop Cove2018-09-24T13:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/06/08/the-museum-writ-small/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1623_pompidou.jpg1623_Pompidouhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1632_pompidou.jpg1632_Pompidouhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1624_pompidou.jpg1624_Pompidouhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1627_museum.jpg1627_museumhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1626_museum.jpg1626_museum2012-06-20T22:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/05/28/remotely-similar/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/group_on_section2010.jpggroup_on_section2010https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dry-rocks-2.jpgdry rocks 2Our intrepid group of U of T students, hamming it up on Molasses Dry Rocks (I am the lanky black-haired guy on the far left).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/after_hurricane.jpgafter_hurricaneImage taken just after a hurricane (Hurricane Betsy of 1965?) shows how the surface of the supratidal zone is flooded.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/supratidal_layers.jpgsupratidal_layersCut through the supratidal sediment reveals layering below the surface microbial mat.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/microbial_mat.jpgmicrobial_matMicrobial mat in the supratidal zonehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/beales.jpgBealesThe intrepid Professor Beales on the edge of one of the Florida Bay islands. During our trip, Frank appeared to undergo an amazing transformation, from an elderly tweed-wearing British professor to a dynamic, fit, energized, entertaining field scientist who seemed to need no sleep. I'm sure this was his natural element, and of course though he seemed aged to the students, he wasn't really old at all (just a few years older than I am now, actually!).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/crustmangrove_roots.jpgcrust&mangrove_rootsAir-breathing mangrove roots, and a microbial crusthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/florida_bay.jpgFlorida_BayThe tranquil surface of Florida Bayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mangrove.jpgmangroveCoastal mangrove in the Florida Keys2012-05-31T17:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/05/16/adjacent-analogues/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rock_worship.jpgrock_worshipMy brother's cellphone photo suggests that I may appear a bit eccentric when I get interested in looking at rocks.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sandstone.jpgsandstoneA dirty sandstonehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fredericton_quarry.jpgFredericton_quarryThe quarry at the top of the hill, near Value Villagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dead_wood_bridge.jpgdead_wood_bridgeThe bank by the footbridge is covered with a thick layer of dead wood.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wood_in_sandstone3.jpgwood_in_sandstone3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wood_in_sandstone2.jpgwood_in_sandstone2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dead_tree_clump.jpgdead_tree_clumphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/trees_in_water1.jpgtrees_in_water1Trees surrounded by receding floodwaterhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dead_wood_cathedral.jpgdead_wood_cathedralThe cathedral is framed by dead roots on the north side Green.2012-07-13T04:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/04/10/illness-of-a-friend/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/7_weston_boxes.jpg7_weston_boxesThese beautiful little boxes hold brachiopods collected by Weston from Stony Mountain.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/6_cabinet_label.jpg6_cabinet_labelThe label on a cabinet door is almost a "who's who" of historic collectors in western Canada.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5_crinoid_weston.jpg5_crinoid_WestonAn Ordovician crinoid stem from Stony Mountain, collected by T.C. Westonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4_tyrrell_swampy.jpg4_Tyrrell_SwampySmall globose cephalopods collected from Swampy Island by the great J.B. Tyrrellhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/3_gastropods.jpg3_gastropodsA drawer of splendid Ordovician gastropods from Manitobahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2_weston_alga.jpg2_Weston_algaLong before we visited Cat Head, the GSC's intrepid T.C. Weston had been there! This is an Ordovician alga (seaweed).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1_hind_dowling.jpg1_Hind_DowlingHand-labelled nineteenth century specimen boxes2012-05-16T16:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/04/05/the-sea-will-wait/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/st-laurent.jpgSt. LaurentThe St. Lawrence estuary as seen from St. Joseph de la Rive, Québechttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/estonia_cranes.jpgEstonia_cranesPaldiski, Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/airport-cove-shore.jpgAirport Cove shorehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/roadcut.jpgroadcutThis roadcut in the Grand Rapids Uplands of Manitoba exposes a section through the Stonewall Formation, of Late Ordovician age (about 445 million years old). These sedimentary beds were deposited in a tropical sea. The grey marker bed toward the top apparently represents an interval in which the sea left the area for a period of time, then returning to deposit the beds above. (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/staten-island.jpgStaten IslandNew York City from Staten Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/east-greenland.jpgeast GreenlandThe coast of East Greenland: ice sheet and calving icebergshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/footprint_pei.jpgfootprint_PEIFootprints and waves at the eastern end of Prince Edward Island.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/grand-manan-wave.jpgGrand Manan wave2012-07-01T21:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/03/27/mcbeth-point-and-cat-head-1997-part-2/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-34-inmost.jpgCat Head 34 InmostAs we fly out, we bank past Inmost Island (that is the Beaver's float in the foreground). Just yesterday we walked all the way around this little island, picking up trilobites and fossil algae as we went.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beaver-log.jpgbeaver logIn the Beaver, I fill in the logsheet. These planes have such wonderful instrument panels, like the dashboards of 1950s automobiles!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cessna_loading.jpgcessna_loadingHow are we going to fit all the people, gear, and fossils into two small floatplanes? (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-4-tents-gy1997.jpgCat Head 4 tents GY1997Our tents sit on the concrete pad that remained from a burned building.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/christine_ed_fire.jpgChristine_Ed_fireChristine and Ed by the fire. (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-5-sunset-gy1997.jpgCat Head 5 sunset GY1997The sun sets into the North Basin.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/groupfire.jpggroup&fireAn evening bonfire by the old "mink ranch." Left to right: Nick Butterfield, Christine Kaszycki, Ed Dobrzanski, Dave Wright, and me. (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-14-mcbeth-goldfield-gy1997.jpgCat Head 14 McBeth Goldfield GY1997In the evening light, the Goldfield arrives in McBeth Point harbour.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-19-mcbeth-narrows-gy1997.jpgCat Head 19 McBeth narrows GY1997Most of McBeth Point consists of a narrow spit that extends far into the lake. Here, with a north wind, waves pile up on the north side of the bar, while it is calm and blue to the south.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cat-head-12-mcbeth-pelicans-gy1997.jpgCat Head 12 McBeth pelicans GY1997The pelicans love to haunt a spot just north of the tip of McBeth Point.2012-04-09T16:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/03/19/waiting-for-the-plane-at-mcbeth-point-july-12th-1997/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-moon.jpgCH moonMoon, birds, and the harbour at McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-birds.jpgCH birdsThe southern tip of McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-graptolite.jpgCH graptoliteA dendroid graptolitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-dowlingia.jpgCH DowlingiaThe alga Dowlingia, collected during the 1997 triphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-cliff.jpgCH cliffAlong the cliff toward Cat Head, Nick Butterfield points at the position of the Winnipegia horizonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-beach-copy.jpgCH Beach copyThe beautiful cobble beach at the base of McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-tetraphalerella.jpgCH TetraphalerellaA slab covered with the brachiopod Tetraphalerella, collected between McBeth Point and Cat Headhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-pine-dock-plane.jpgCH Pine Dock planeThe Beaver at Pine Dock, loading for the flight to McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-cliff2.jpgCH cliff2The cliffs near Cat Headhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ch-mcbeth-pt-air1.jpgCH McBeth Pt. airMcBeth Point from the air, 1997.2017-07-04T19:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/02/28/folk-art-dioramas/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/basin-head-fishing-museum.jpgbasin head fishing museumhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ships-dio.jpgships diohttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sealing-dio-2.jpgsealing dio 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fishing-dio-2.jpgfishing dio 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ice-dio.jpgice dioThe main objective of many of these dioramas is to show life as it is or was.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mill-dio.jpgmill dioThis beautiful mill looks like it is from a xx painting.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fishing-dio-1.jpgfishing dio 12012-03-03T18:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/02/20/the-golden-age-of-paleontological-illustration-1-milne-edwards-and-haime/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/meh_1a.jpgME&H_1AME&H 1Ahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/meh_3.jpgME&H_3ME&H 3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/meh_2.jpgME&H_2ME&H 2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/meh_1.jpgME&H_1ME&H 12012-02-22T10:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/02/03/whispering-past-the-graveyard/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/grand_manan_outside_edit.jpgGrand_Manan_outside_editA grave outside the cemetery at North Head, Grand Manan Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/flexicalymene1.jpgFlexicalymeneFossils of the Ordovician trilobite Flexicalymene, from the Cincinnati area, are on exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Their fully articulated nature suggests that they represent dead animals, not cast-off moults.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/survivor_curve.pngsurvivor_curveSurvivor curves for a variety of living vertebrates and one extinct one, the tyrannosaur Albertosaurus.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/flexicalymene.jpgFlexicalymeneFossils of the trilobite Flexicalymene, in the Cincinnati area (Cincinnati Museum Center)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cincy_brachs.jpgCincy_brachsSometimes the bodies are not hidden: Ordovician brachiopods in the Cincinnati area.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lachaise1edit.jpgLachaise1editOkay, as a kid I'm sure that I WOULD have found this place creepy. A "city of the dead" at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fredericton_edit.jpgFredericton_editA peaceful place: entrance to a plot at the old burial ground in Fredericton, NB.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/youngs_edit.jpgYoungs_editIn the Young family plot at Taymouth, NB, my father's grandmother lived to a ripe old age, but his older sibling Cuthbert (Bert) and Bernice (Bun) both died from childhood disease at the age of about six, before he was born.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/urquhart_edit.jpgurquhart_editGrave of a child at North Head, Grand Manan Island, NB. Died at the age of six in 1880.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kentucky_edit.jpgKentucky_editTombstone in the family plot of a northern Kentucky plantation.2012-02-09T18:45:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/12/10/house-of-bones-and-leaves/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tyrannosaurid.jpgtyrannosauridThe tyrannosaurid is beautiful in this neoclassical setting. Perhaps all dinosaur halls should look like this?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/biodiversity.jpgbiodiversityBiodiversity. Beautiful casework at the end of the gallery, but the sunlight is hard on the mounts.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dino-diorama1.jpgdino diorama1... which is charming, but far from the modern understanding of these creatures.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dino-diorama2.jpgdino diorama2Things get a bit "chancier" with this mini-dioramahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mummy1.jpgmummy1Upstairs, fascinating exhibits of Egyptian mummies.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mont_st-hilaire.jpgMont_St-HilaireMinerals from the famous locality of Mont St.-Hilaire, Quebechttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/molluscs.jpgmolluscsSome of the best exhibits are in the cases: molluscs.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/staircase_creatures.jpgstaircase_creaturesAfrican creatures decorate the staircase.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/corridor.jpgcorridorSkeletons are affixed to the walls of the main floor corridor.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/anaconda.jpganacondaA view of the main gallery from above2012-02-09T18:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2012/01/24/on-the-platform/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/platform_horizon.jpgplatform_horizonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/vein2.jpgvein2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/vein1.jpgvein1Quartz veins snake across the platform.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/platform_scarp2.jpgplatform_scarp2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/platform_scarp1.jpgplatform_scarp1The scarp looms behind the platform like some small-scale Ayers Rock.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/group.jpggroupTaking a break on the platform at midday: Debbie Thompson (foreground) andhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/platform_edge.jpgplatform_edge2012-01-29T20:21:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/12/24/seasonal-stars/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/seasonal-stars-copy.jpgseasonal-stars copyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/seasonal-stars.jpgseasonal-stars2012-01-24T18:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/11/22/nothing-but-blue/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chengdu.jpgChengduTimes Square, 2011 (photo by Vicki Young)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/diplomat.jpgDiplomatThis Dodge Diplomat reminds me of the horseshoe crabs and lingulids: slow-moving, rather the worse for wear, but it still keeps moving along, and the load of lumber on the roof provides plenty of contingency!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pocatiere.jpgPocatiereLa Pocatière, Québec, 2011https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/saskatchewan.jpgSaskatchewanSaskatchewan, 20102011-11-23T17:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/11/19/look-where-you-lunch/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/debbie_mask.jpgDebbie_maskThe aliens are among us, and they see things that we cannot. Debbie, protecting herself from the sun and the voracious flies, is hunkered down to do detailed examination of her little patch of rock. (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sun-worship.jpgsun worshipLooking with different eyes: no, this is not some strange sun-worshipping ritual. Rather, Debbie Thompson had told me that, if you blocked the sun at the right angle, you could see that the air was actually full of floating seeds. And she was right! (photo by David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/eurypterid2011.jpgeurypterid2011Part of an articulated eurypterid, found at Airport Cove last summer (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/debbie_dave-lunch.jpgDebbie_Dave lunchDebbie Thompson and Dave Rudkin, at lunchtime during Churchill fieldwork in summer 2011. Debbie is not using the binoculars to look for fossils: she is watching polar bears a kilometre away on the tidal flat.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/airport-cove-ed.jpgAirport Cove EdEd Dobrzanski surveys the expanse of Airport Cove near low tide: to find unusual things in a big area, there is no question that you need to develop focus.2013-12-09T02:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/11/14/trimetallic-trilobites/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/isotelus_aluminum2.jpgIsotelus_aluminum2The accidental aluminum arthropod. This is a replica of a specimen of Isotelus sp. from the Upper Ordovician Red River Formation, Cat Head Member, of Manitoba (original specimen is in the collection of The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/isotelus_aluminum.jpgIsotelus_aluminumThe "accidental" aluminum Isotelus. This is a replica of a specimen from the Upper Ordovician Red River Formation, Cat Head Member, of Manitoba (original specimen is in the collection of The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/trilo-exhibit.jpgtrilo-exhibitThis exhibit at The Manitoba Museum describes the discovery and significance of the world's largest articulated trilobite, Isotelus rex. The stainless steel replica Isotelus is arrowed. (The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i-229_isotelus_11.jpgI-229_Isotelus_1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i-229_isotelus_1.jpgI-229_Isotelus_1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/trilosketches.pngtrilosketcheshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/trilobuckle.jpgtrilobuckletrilobuckle, Carolyn Younghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/isotelus_buckle.jpgIsotelus_buckleIsotelus belt buckle, Ohio Geological Survey2012-02-09T18:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/11/07/looking-at-windows/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/g-glasses.jpgG-glasses (photo by Juliana Young)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fredericton_window_edit.jpgFredericton_window_edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/storm_windows_christmas.jpgstorm_windows_ChristmasWintery view through a storm window.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/blue_bear.jpgblue_bearThe "blue bear" stares through modern windows on the ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/versailles.jpgversaillesVersailles, France.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nhm.jpgnhmOld windows on the Natural History Museum, London.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fredericton_window.jpgFredericton_windowhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/youngs_store_1956.jpgYoungs_Store_1956Windows on my grandfather's store at Young's Crossing, Marysville, NB, c. 1956.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/exchange4.jpgExchange4(photo by Juliana Young)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/exchange3.jpgExchange3(photo by Juliana Young)2011-11-11T19:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/10/26/we-dont-expect-the-unexpected/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/new-shoe.jpgnew shoeOut of the backyard: this specimen of a horseshoe crab (Lunataspis aurora) is one of the fossils Dave and I collected last month. (photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wrinkles_dr.jpgwrinkles_DRThese unusual wrinkle structures on a bedding plane from William Lake may represent microbial mats. (photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/stony_trilo.jpgStony_trilo... such as this cheirurid trilobite .(specimen from the collection of The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/stony_overview.jpgStony_overviewThe quarries at Stony Mountain, Manitoba, are justly known for their diverse and beautiful fossils ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wl_lith.jpgWL_lithBarren and unfossiliferous? These apparently unprepossessing dolostones at William Lake have yielded some very unusual fossils.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/g_splitting.jpgG_splittingA standard field posture: splitting rock at the William Lake site. (photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2011-10-27T14:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/10/23/forest-fire-revisited/2011-10-25T20:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/10/11/a-giant-leap/2011-10-14T14:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/09/27/autumn-sojourn/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fire2.jpgfire2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fire3.jpgfire3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fire1.jpgfire1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/raven.jpgravenRavens are everywhere!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/leaves.jpgleavesAutumn in the Grand Rapids Uplands was already well along.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/linguloidsjelly.jpglinguloids&jellyAbundant linguloid brachiopods to the left cover a bedding plane surface. The jellyfish on the right is in a mud body that overlays the brachiopod layer.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tools.jpgtoolsMy set of collecting tools: crack hammer, splitting chisel, Gad pry bar, and brushes.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dave_collects.jpgDave_collectsWe spent hours crouched over the bedrock surfaces.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dave_vehicle.jpgDave_vehicleA purposeful-looking Dave Rudkin is dressed to address the cold northeast wind.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cloud.jpgcloud2011-09-29T16:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/08/26/the-role-of-the-american-horseshoe-crab-limulus-polyphemus-in-20th-century-art/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/crab_composite.jpgcrab_compositehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vail1.jpgvail12013-01-24T14:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/08/18/morquartzite/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1394quartzite_slopes.jpg1394quartzite_slopesVaried forms along the scarp; the rocks behind are coloured by orange lichen.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1392_slopes.jpg1392_slopeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1391pools.jpg1391poolsTemporary pools on a quartzite slopehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1401fingers.jpg1401fingersWeathered "fingers" of quartzite extend toward the bay.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1362quartzite.jpg1362quartziteBoulders on the shore, with the quartzite scarp behind2012-02-09T18:18:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/07/29/evolution-and-extinction-of-the-f-150-community/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/extinction1.jpgextinction(photo © Dave Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/extinction.jpgextinctionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/competition1.jpgcompetitionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/invasion.jpginvasionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/competition.jpgcompetitionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/horseshoe_crab1.jpghorseshoe_crabhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jellyfish1.jpgjellyfishhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ecosystem1.jpgecosystemhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/colonization1.jpgcolonizationhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/uncolonized_substrate1.jpguncolonized_substrate2011-08-17T13:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/07/12/to-the-shore/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rocket_range.jpgrocket_rangeThe old rocket launch facility stands above quartzite and spruce.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ithica_side.jpgithica_sideThe slab--sided hulk of MV Ithica, a fixture in Bird Cove for the past 50 years.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tern.jpgternLook up! A divebombing tern screams just above my head.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tidal_flat.jpgtidal_flat... and under a stormy sky from the tidal flats of Airport Cove.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/flowersport.jpgflowers&portAt the peak of summer, the Port of Churchill is viewed through a field of wildflowers on the east side of the Churchill River ...2012-02-29T19:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/06/26/the-kaali-craters/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kaali_lake.jpgKaali_LakeThe surface of Kaali Lakehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kaali_trees.jpgKaali_treesTrees grip the stone of the crater rimhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kaali_pano2c.jpgKaali_pano2cPanoramic photo composite of the main craterhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kaali_pano2b.jpgKaali_pano2b2011-06-28T17:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/06/28/apples-and-oranges/2011-07-06T00:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/05/22/peak-fossil/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monte_bolca2.jpgMonte_Bolca2A beautiful fish fossil from the Monte Bolcahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/taouz2.jpgTaouz2These pits were apparently dug for the commercial extraction of Cretaceous dinosaur teeth, near Taouz, Morocco (Google Maps)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jantarny_amber2.jpgJantarny_amber2Baltic amber pit at Jantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia (Google Maps)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cincy_brachs.jpgcincy_brachsNothing but brachiopods: Ordovician limestone in the Cincinnati areahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sue.jpgsueTyrannosaurus rex, "Sue", on exhibit at the Field Museum, Chicago2011-06-28T14:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/06/21/nine-things-noticed/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tribra2d.jpgNine Things Noticed ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/caprine.jpgcaprinehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rudists2.jpgrudists2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rudists1.jpgrudists1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/railing2.jpgrailing2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/railing1.jpgrailing1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mammals.jpgMammalshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tyrannosaurus.jpgTyrannosaurushttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nepean.jpgNepeanhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/moose.jpgMoose2012-02-09T18:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/05/12/swammerdams-mosquito/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mosquito_head.jpgmosquito_headThe heads of insects and other features are depicted in exacting, almost painful detail. Even with a modern microscope it can be difficult to make out such features.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mosquito1.jpgmosquito1Explain figureshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/larva_pupa.jpglarva_pupaSwammerdam's depiction of the mosquito larva (left) and pupa (right)2014-09-25T15:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/05/03/changing-the-channel/2012-02-27T02:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/04/29/my-canada-includes/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/flag1_frame.pngflag1_framehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/flag11.pngflag1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/flag1.pngflag12011-04-30T01:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/03/29/skeleton-surfeit/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/windows21.jpgwindows2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/windows.jpgwindowshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pigeons.jpgpigeonsPigeons mounted to show progression in flighthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/turtles.jpgturtlesturtleshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/giraffe.jpggiraffeAnd the tallest ungulate.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ungulates3.jpgungulates3... and yet another.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ungulates2.jpgungulates2... and another ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ungulates1.jpgungulates1As in the real world, ungulates make up a big part of the large mammal diversity. Here is one grouping of hoofed mammals ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sawfish.jpgsawfishEven the windows are used as exhibit space!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/armadillo.jpgarmadilloArmadillo mounted to show relationship between skeleton and carapace2011-03-31T18:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/03/08/valaste/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/valaste_sxn1.pngValaste_sxnStratigraphy of the Valaste waterfall section (from Tinn, 2004) https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/valaste_sxn.pngValaste_sxnhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jagala_juga_pano.jpgJagala_Juga_panoNot all waterfalls on the Baltic Klint were dry when we were in Estonia. This is Jägala Juga, the highest natural waterfall in the region.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/padlocks4.jpgpadlocks4My question is: what happens when the relationship falls apart? Does one of them just go in at night with a hacksaw and cut away the padlock, or are they required to jump over the rail and retrieve the key?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/padlocks3.jpgpadlocks3Looking more closely, you realize that every padlock has words etched on it. Most of these are in Russian, and they are the names of courting couples or lovers (much of this end of Estonia is occupied by ethnic Russians).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/padlocks1.jpgpadlocks1Walking along the catwalk, the foreign visitor is struck by the large number of padlocks attached to the railing. Why are these here?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/valaste_pano.jpgValaste_PanoThis is a panoramic composite photo of the entire Valaste sectionhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/platform.jpgplatform... down to this viewing platform.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/stairs.jpgstairsThese stairs built against the cliff lead from a parking lot ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/valaste_detail.jpgValaste_detailA detail of the cliff at Valaste2011-03-09T20:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/02/22/lifes-dusty-attic/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/orbigny.jpgOrbignyOne of my favourite exhibits, these models of Foraminifera (microfossils) were carved from limestone by the nineteenth century paleontologist Alcide d'Orbigny.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pygolampis.jpgPygolampisAlso from the Solnhofen, this insect is now thought to belong to the enigmatic genus Chresmoda, which may be distantly related to stick insects (phasmids). https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cephalopod.jpgcephalopodEverywhere you look, the cases hold remarkable fossils. This Jurassic cephalopod from the Solnhofen (the lithographic limestone) of Germany is identified as Acanthoteuthis.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/railings.jpgrailingsThe railings themselves are works of art that incorporate natural formshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/railing_view.jpgrailing_viewView through the railing to the fossil vertebrates belowhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/scallops.jpgscallopsA cluster of pectinids (scallops) from the Miocene of Francehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/staircase_detail.jpgstaircase_detailA spider, horseshoe crab, and dragonfly on the chandelier of lifehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/staircase.jpgstaircaseThis "chandelier" over the main staircase explores diversity by taking the form of an upside-down tree of life.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cabinets.jpgcabinetsThe wall side of the mezzanine is lined with a continuous bank of cabinets and exhibits.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/echinoids.jpgechinoidsEach corner of the mezzanine is "anchored" by a superb specimen. This is a painstakingly prepared cluster of irregular echinoids (similar to sand dollars).2013-07-10T10:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/09/23/skeleton-squadro/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/8-orangutan_dissection1.jpgOrangutan_dissection ... and this somewhat gruesome model of a dissected orangutan.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/7-brains1.jpgbrains... such as these bear brains ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/whales_above_rev.jpgWhales_Above_revThe whales, as seen from abovehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/20-ape-fighting.jpg20 ape-fightingThis is a most unusual sculpture for an introduction to a gallery of anatomy and paleontology.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/19-anthropoids.jpg19 anthropoidsThe static exhibit of a human skeleton beside the skeletons of our nearest relatives maybe make the point of human evolution far more forcefully than any website or book.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/18-dog_king_charles.jpg18 dog_King_CharlesThese skulls of spaniels (?) are perhaps typical examples. These look so little like a wolf skull that they almost seem a different species.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/17-dog_skulls.jpg17 dog_skullsA cabinet full of dog skulls demonstrates the extent to which some dog breeds have been modified by unnatural selection from the original wolf template.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/16-baleen.jpg16 baleenPossibly the most effective exhibit of baleen I have ever seenhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/15-whale_vertebrae.jpg15 whale_vertebraeThe whales look like sculptural objects from some angleshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/14-whales_from_above.jpg14 whales_from_aboveThe whales as seen from above2015-12-08T21:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/02/25/bloody-bears-and-humans/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bear_russia_rev.jpgbear_Russia_revThis young Russian bear and a sibling were tethered in a picturesque part of St. Petersburg in 2007. The owner was charging tourists and wedding parties for the "privilege" of having their picture taken with a true "symbol of Russia." What are the chances that these bears have survived to adulthood? And under what conditions?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/akibearfence.jpgakibearfenceAn encounter between bear and humans at Akimiski Island, James Bay. At Akimiski the humans are caged behind a security fence, while the bears roam freely outside (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bear_russia.jpgbear_RussiaThis young bear and a sibling were tethered in a picturesque part of St. Petersburg in 2007. The owner was charging tourists and wedding parties for the "privilege" of having their picture taken with a true "symbol of Russia." What are the chances that these bears have survived to adulthood? And under what conditions?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bear_rudkin.jpgBear_Rudkin(photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2011-03-01T00:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2011/01/23/medusae-on-the-road/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jelly_stone_22.jpgjelly_stone_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jelly_stone_21.jpgjelly_stone_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jelly_stone_11.jpgjelly_stone_1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jelly_stone_2.jpgjelly_stone_2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jelly_stone_1.jpgjelly_stone_12011-02-17T17:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/12/27/ghost-giants/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/irish_elk.jpgirish_elkIrish Elk (Juliana Young)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/megatherium.jpgMegatheriumMegatherium (Juliana Young)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gallery_final.jpgGallery_finalSimilarly, the dinosaurs do not feel large in this huge space. Rather than being overwhelmed by their size, one is instead taken by the wonderful variety of forms exhibited by the vertebrate skeletons on display here.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/carnivores_quaternaires.jpgCarnivores_quaternairesThose of us who are used to smaller galleries have a hard time appreciating the sheer scale of this case. These are giant ice age carnivores: cave bears (left) and ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mammoth.jpgmammothMammoths always make me sad. We missed seeing live ones by a brief instant, geologically speaking. This mammoth towers over Juliana (who is far from short). Note the wonderful ironwork armature supporting the skeleton.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/proboscideans.jpgProboscideanshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/burgess_creatures.jpgBurgess_creaturesQuite a number of charming dioramas, such as this creative interpretation of how the Cambrian creatures of the Burgess Shale might have looked.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monte_bolca3.jpgMonte_Bolca3Angel fish from the Monte Bolca?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monte_bolca2.jpgMonte_Bolca2A fish from the Monte Bolcahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monte_bolca1.jpgMonte_Bolca1The areas below the mezzanine are filled with cases of wonderful smaller fossils. These are fishes from the famous Monte Bolca near Verona, Italy.2012-08-03T23:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/12/05/recognizing-fossil-jellyfish/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/polyorchis.jpgPolyorchisThe hydrozoan jellyfish Polyorchis, Vancouver Island, BC (Gavin Hanke)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/i-4262b_medusa_11.jpgI-4262B_medusa_1This thin section through one of the William Lake jellyfish illustrates how fossil jellies can possess anatomy comparable to that of living jellyfish. Compare with the dried Gonionemus above (MM I-4262b). Scale is in millimetres.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jelly_bed_detail.jpgjelly_bed_detailTypically numerous jellyfish in a bed ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/astropolithon.jpgAstropolithonAstropolithonhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/laotira_fmnh.jpgLaotira_FMNHLaotira, a "classic" non-jellyfishhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/gonionemus.jpgGonionemusA preserved specimen of the modern hydromedusan jellyfish Gonionemus, before and after burial and drying in lime mud. Note how different structures are accentuated by the drying process.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/polyorchis.jpgPolyorchisLive jellyfish Polyorchis [sp?] on the coast of British Columbiahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/saaremaa_jellies1.jpgSaaremaa_jellies1Dead moon jellies (Aurelia sp.) mixed up with seaweed on the coast of Saaremaa, Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/octomedusa.jpgOctomedusaOctomedusa pieckorum is a "classic" fossil jellyfish from the Upper Carboniferous Mazon Creek (Carbondale Formation) of Illinois. (Royal Ontario Museum, ROM 47540; scale on right is in centimetres) https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/i-4262b_medusa_1.jpgI-4262B_medusa_1Transverse thin section through one of the William Lake medusae, with canals preserved as wavy orange features (The Manitoba Museum, specimen I-4262)2023-08-03T17:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/11/18/searching-for-fossils-in-manitobas-limestones/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/fig_26_brach_slab.jpgFig_26_brach_slabOrdovician brachiopods from Stony Mountain (photo © The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ed-graham-1b.jpgEd & Graham 1Bhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ed-graham-1a.jpgEd & Graham 1A2020-08-31T02:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/11/04/linear-humans-in-a-complex-landscape/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/squares_river2.jpgsquares_river2River cuts across the sections SW of Wpg. Note dendritic drainage forming, despite humans' best efforts. https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/prairie_squarie2.jpgprairie_squarie2Square mile sections on N Dak and MB prairie have geometric perfection when seen from great height.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dendritic2.jpgdendritic2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/irrigation21.jpgirrigation2Our domination of some landscapes can produce pleasing geometric patterns. W Nebraskahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/irrigation2.jpgirrigation2Our domination of some landscapes can produce pleasing geometric patterns. W Nebraskahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/denver2_rev.jpgdenver2_revsubdivisions on the outskirts of Denverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/abstract_rev.jpgabstract_revhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/trucks.jpgtruckstruck depot, Winnipeghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cloverleaf.jpgcloverleafhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/roads.jpgroadsNorth of Winnipeg2012-11-30T04:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/10/20/the-potters-field/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters8.jpgpotters8https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters7.jpgpotters7https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters6.jpgpotters6https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters51.jpgpotters5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters5.jpgpotters5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters4.jpgpotters4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters3.jpgpotters3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters2.jpgpotters2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/potters1.jpgpotters12014-05-06T19:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/09/14/the-uplands-2010-field-language/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/glacial_striations.jpgglacial_striationsGlacial striations on a dolostone surface in the Grand Rapids Uplands.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/group_collecting.jpggroup_collectingCrawling on the section and splitting rock to search for fossils: (L-R) me, Michael Cuggy (standing), Sean Robson, Matt Demski, and Debbie Thompson. (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/debbie_buckets.jpgDebbie_bucketsTaking advantage of the weather, Debbie Thompson fills buckets from a temporary stream that sprang up beside the outcrop. (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/seanmichael.jpgSean&MichaelSean and Michael banter while re-examining a rubble heap. (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/work_gang.jpgwork_gangEveryone works together to clear off the bedrock surface. Left to right are Sean Robson, Matt Demski, Michael Cuggy (behind), Debbie Thompson, and me. Dave Rudkin paused work briefly to snap this shot! (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jeep_rain.jpgjeep_rainDriving northward through the morning drizzlehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/afternoon_joke.jpgafternoon_jokeDuring an afternoon coffee break, Debbie Thompson cringes as I attempt a joke. Matt Demski looks on with bemusement. (photo David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2010-10-16T16:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/08/06/research-posters/2010-08-06T16:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/08/05/in-between/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wiarton_sequence.jpgwiarton_sequenceInaction shots of ...2010-09-05T10:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/07/21/blob-blob-blob/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dump_bodies.jpgdump_bodiesThere are obviously some very good fossils hidden in southern Ontario ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/beds_edge_on.jpgbeds_edge_onViewed edge-on, the beds show a fine-scale alternation of light-coloured carbonate and darker bituminous layers.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ontario_blobs.jpgOntario_blobsAt first glance, most of the blobs are featureless and unprepossessing. At second glance I begin to pick out some features, but they are still far from "possessing."https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dave_n_henry.jpgDave_n_HenryHenry and Dave are prepared for some quality fossil-hunting time.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pallets.jpgpalletsStacked on pallets, Peter's slabs await our inspection.2010-10-05T10:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/07/08/hans/2010-07-17T15:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/06/29/neandertals-and-their-mitochondria/2010-09-24T16:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/05/26/the-other-place/2010-05-26T15:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/05/23/dinosaur-provincial-park/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hoodoos2.jpghoodoos2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/cottonwoods.jpgcottonwoodsGnarled old cottonwood trees rise from a sea of sage along the banks of the Red Deer Riverhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dinosaurs.jpgdinosaursSmall theropods (Saurornitholestes?) attack a hadrosaur in this exhibit at the visitor centre. The mounts are very good, but I find it philosophically troubling to contemplate several skeletons attacking another skeleton.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sandstone_erosion.jpgsandstone_erosionThe visitor centre has some lovely exhibits. This case dramatically demonstrates the erosion of soft sandstones by flowing water.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/phil_currie.jpgPhil_CurriePhilip Currie is omnipresent at DPP. I found these listening stations particularly funny because we had just had Phil give an excellent presentation at our Great Canadian Lagerstatten conference session two days earlier.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/barnum_brown2.jpgBarnum_Brown2Barnum Brown's sitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/barnum_brown1.jpgBarnum_Brown1Sign at the entrance to Barnum Brown's excavation sitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sage.jpgsageSagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/flowers_at_top.jpgFlowers_at_topSpring flowers at the top of the valleyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hoodoos1.jpghoodoos12010-05-31T17:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/04/30/currie-mountain/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_white_pines.jpgCurrie_Mountain_white_pinesThese white pines are old-timers. They may have lost their tops, but the branches don't even begin until fifty feet above the ground.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_red_trillium.jpgCurrie_red_trilliumA solitary red trillium rises through the leaf litter.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_chris.jpgCurrie_Mountain_ChrisChris stands on top of the "mountain."https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_woods.jpgCurrie_Mountain_woodsOld forest cloaks the lower slopes of Currie Mountain.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_sign.jpgCurrie_Mountain_signhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_basalt.jpgCurrie_Mountain_basaltBasaltic outcrop near the top of Currie Mountainhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/currie_mountain_february.jpgCurrie_Mountain_FebruaryThe St. John River at Fredericton in February dusk. Currie Mountain is the dark mound on the horizon.2023-10-19T20:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/04/28/blogostratigraphy/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kershaw.jpgKershawA simple-minded interpretation of the Law of Superposition might suggest that Steve Kershaw (Brunel University) is older than the Silurian carbonates he has burrowed beneath on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. Some people will go to extreme lengths to find stromatoporoids.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/maysville.jpgmaysvilleOrdovician carbonates in northern Kentuckyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/valaste.jpgValasteColourful Paleozoic strata at Valaste waterfall, the highest waterfall in Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/cat_head_pano3_copy.jpgCat_Head_Pano3_copyBedded Ordovician dolostones at Cat Head, Lake Winnipeg2010-05-10T11:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/01/18/the-beatles-and-the-cambrian-explosion/2011-09-10T16:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/02/21/forest-fire/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forest_fire4.jpgforest_fire4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/after_fire5.jpgafter_fire5https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forest_fire3.jpgforest_fire3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forest_fire2.jpgforest_fire2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forest_fire1.jpgforest_fire1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/after_fire4.jpgafter_fire4After the firehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/after_fire1.jpgafter_fire1after the fire2010-05-27T00:15:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/02/10/great-canadian-lagerstatten/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/e-remipes-bertielr.jpgE.-remipes-BertieLRThe Silurian eurypterid Eurypterus remipes, from the Bertie Formation near Ridgemount, Ontario (ROM 56889)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/i-4063_eurypterid_500.jpgI-4063_eurypterid_500Superbly preserved Ordovician arthropod cuticle from Airport Cove, Manitoba (Manitoba Museum specimen I-4063)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cat_head_clifflr.jpgCat_Head_CliffLRThe Ordovician dolostone cliffs at Cat Head, Manitoba contain remarkable fossils.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wiwaxia-corrugata-rom-56950lr.jpgWiwaxia-corrugata-ROM-56950LRThe Burgess Shale fossil Wiwaxia corrugata in reflected light (ROM 56950)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/walcotts-quarry-icce-ft-august-2009lr.jpgWalcott's-Quarry-ICCE-FT-August-2009LRThe Burgess Shale: Walcott's Quarry (Greater Phyllopod Bed section), Fossil Ridge, Yoho National Park, BC (Wapta Mountain in background)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cpc-07-mistaken-pt-nl-fractofusus-204lr.jpgCPC-07-Mistaken-Pt-NL-Fractofusus-204LREdiacaran fossils at Mistaken Point: Fractofusus misrai and Bradgatia on the famous E surface (Guy Narbonne's index finger points to F. misrai). (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cpc-07-mistaken-pt-nl-189lr.jpgCPC-07-Mistaken-Pt-NL-189LRMistaken Point, Newfoundland (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2010-02-11T17:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/01/26/scenes-from-northern-summers-2/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bear-prints.jpgbear-printsSand on the shore east of Churchill shows fresh prints of gull, Homo sapiens, and Ursus maritimus. Bears believe in showing you who has the real power.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/virgiana-1.jpgVirgiana-1Fossils of the Silurian brachiopod (lamp shell) Virgiana decussata, cover the surface of a block on the shore east of Halfway Point.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cape_merry.jpgcape_merryA cannon at the Cape Merry Battery, where the HBC men waited, and watched, and waited for the French to come. But they weren't very happy when that finally happened.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/chill_garage.jpgchill_garageStreet scene in Churchill a few years agohttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ponds_quartzite.jpgponds_quartzitePonds on the quartzite, with the town of Churchill in the distancehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pete_bear_patrol.jpgPete_bear_patrolEast of Halfway Point, Pete Fenton of the ROM keeps watch for bears.2010-02-10T18:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/12/15/the-end-of-an-era-literally/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/eastend_sunrise.jpgeastend_sunrisehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cypress_climax.jpgcypress_climaxhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/betsy_plaster.jpgBetsy_plasterAs we load the van, Betsy's appearance speaks volumes about the hard work that was done today. (photo The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jacket1.jpgJacket1The jacket dries, awaiting extraction (photo The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jacket2.jpgjacket2Constructing the field jacket. (photo by Debbie Thompson; The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/valley_road.jpgvalley_roadThe Frenchman Valley, as seen from the site.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/plastering1.jpgplastering1Betsy and Debbie assembling the field jacket. (photo The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/frenchman_fm.jpgFrenchman_FmLayered Cretaceous rocks in the Frenchman Valley. (photo The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dig_site.jpgDig_Sitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/slope11.jpgSlope1This is the slope from road level. The white rectangle toward the top is our field-jacketed sediment sample. (photo by Betsy Thorsteinson, The Manitoba Museum)2010-01-18T18:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2010/01/13/test-pattern/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/test_pattern.jpgtest_pattern2010-01-14T03:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/21/jellyfish-story/2009-11-21T23:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/17/monday-museum-6-box-jelly/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/anthracomedusa.jpgAnthracomedusa2009-11-19T03:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/09/frieze-mammoth/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sedgwick2a.jpgSedgwick2Amammothhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sedgwick1a.jpgSedgwick1A2009-11-12T21:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/02/eastend-2008/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/sthelens1.jpgStHelens1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/t_rex_centre1.jpgT_rex_centre1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/t_rex_centre2.jpgT_rex_centre2... the beautiful T. rex Centre, built into the side of a hill. Inside the centre you will find ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/t_rex_drive.jpgT_rex_driveIf you follow T-Rex drive, you will of course arrive at ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eastend_windmill.jpgEastend_windmillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eastend_ditch.jpgEastend_ditchhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eastend_farm.jpgEastend_farmEarly morning just outside Eastendhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cypress_deer.jpgCypress_deerMule deer in the Cypress Hillshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eastend1.jpgEastend1Eastend, with the hills behindhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cypress4.jpgcypress42010-07-14T07:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/08/the-perspective-of-time/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/train_portland.jpgtrain_PortlandMAX Light Rail, Portlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chinese_pool.jpgChinese_poolChinese Garden, Portlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/volc_cone1.jpgvolc_cone1Young landscape: a volcanic cone south of Mount St. Helens, with Mt. Adams in the backgroundhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ginkgo.jpgGinkgoPassing seasons: the Chinese Garden in Portlandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aurelia.jpgAureliaMoon jellyfish (Aurelia) at the Vancouver Aquariumhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/leaf_ghosts2.jpgleaf_ghosts2Leaf ghosts in the Vancouver morning rainhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/leaf_ghosts.jpgleaf_ghostsLeaf ghosts in the Vancouver morning rain2009-11-09T23:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/11/04/monday-museum-4-the-cretaceous-marine-case/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/turtle_arm.jpgturtle_armThis turtle arm was in the gallery before, but it has been remounted in a completely different way. I like that it now looks as though it is signalling a left turn! There was a conscious effort made to display the fossils a bit more like works of art.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/clam.jpgclamThis giant inoceramid clam is encrusted by many smaller bivalves.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ceph_replicas.jpgceph_replicasEach of Betsy's spookily real cephalopod replicas is located beside or above the fossil it represents.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/marine-case-1.jpgMarine-Case-12009-11-06T01:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/10/26/monday-museum-3-under-construction/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/peephole.jpgpeepholehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hoarding.jpghoarding2009-10-27T02:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/10/17/the-uplands-october/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/burrow.jpgburrowWe were intrigued by this huge burrow-like structure, which was on the underside (sole) of a slab.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/graham_collects.jpgGraham_collectsCollecting fossils in -3°C weather required appropriate layering of clothes (note the cup of essential hot coffee).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/truck_snow.jpgtruck_snowPassing one of the Twin Creeks on the way homehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/morning_weather.jpgmorning_weatherWhat a difference a few minutes can make! Fortunately for us, the weather improved dramatically as we moved away from the lake.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fish_sign.jpgfish_signA reminder for many of the Lodge's summer visitorshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lodge_morning.jpgLodge_morningAn "interesting" dawn outside the Grand Rapids Lodgehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rose_hips.jpgrose_hipsRose hipshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/frost_bed.jpgfrost_bed... but other fossils are rendered invisible by the frost-covered surfaces.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dave_collects.jpgDave_collectsThe low angle of the late afternoon sun makes some fossils "pop" out of the rock ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mirror.jpgmirrorLeaving the snow behind on Wednesday morning2009-10-22T18:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/10/19/monday-museum-2-the-hadrosaur-foot/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dig-1994.jpgDig-1994George Lammers (L, holding broom) leads the 1994 dinosaur dig. (photo © The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/s-sask-river.jpgS.-Sask-RiverThe South Saskatchewan River valley, 1994https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hadro_foot.jpghadro_footHind foot (pes) of a hadrosaur, on exhibit in the Manitoba Museum (photo © The Manitoba Museum, 2009)2009-10-20T16:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/10/12/monday-museum-1-mineral-exhibits-at-vsegei/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mineral1.jpgmineral1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vsegei1.jpgvsegei1So many exhibits, so little time! I will post some images of the fossil exhibits at a later date.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/agate.jpgagatehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gold_case.jpggold_casehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nugget.jpgnuggetThis nugget is a model, according to the label. However, many of the other wonderful pieces in the gold case (below) appear to be genuine.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/beryl.jpgberylA monstrous beryl crystalhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vsegei2.jpgvsegei22009-10-13T03:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/10/08/sand-sand-and-more-sand/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sandhills.jpgsandhillshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/punchbowl.jpgpunchbowlThe Devil's Punchbowlhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tumbleweed.jpgtumbleweedTumbleweedhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sand3.jpgsand3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sand1.jpgsand1The area of open sand in the modern-day sandhills is not immense, but it is nonetheless utterly impressive!https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/trees1.jpgtrees1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sand2.jpgsand22009-11-06T13:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/09/21/turning-the-tables-on-overfishing/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jelly_snack2.jpgjelly_snack2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jellyfish_snack.pngjellyfish_snack2009-09-21T19:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/09/18/lake-winnipeg-beaches-why-is-there-so-much-sand/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fig_strat_column.pngFig_strat_columnOrdovician stratigraphy in the vicinity of Winnipeg, showing stratigraphic positions of field trip stops. 1, Gillis Quarries, Garson; 2, Mowat Farm Quarry; 3, Stony Mountain quarries; 4, Stonewall Quarry Park. CHAT. = Chatfieldian Stage; G. = Gamachian Stage (after Elias, 1981, fig. 2). https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/hecla_n.jpgHecla_NNear the north end of Hecla Island, the grey Winnipeg Formation is capped by hard dolostones of the Dog Head Member, Red River Formation. This photo was taken in the mid 1990s; I understand that this slope has slumped since then.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/pc-fault1.jpgPC-fault1A fault in layered Precambrian rocks near Seymourvillehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/black_island3.jpgBlack_Island3Variable layers of Winnipeg Formation in the pits on Black Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/black_island1.jpgBlack_Island1The Winnipeg Formation is exposed in the immense sand pits on Black Island (photo taken in the early 1990s)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vic_beach_sunset.jpgVic_Beach_sunsetVictoria Beachhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vic_beach_sand.jpgVic_Beach_sandThe shore at Victoria Beach2016-02-07T19:29:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/09/09/crab-haul-at-wawa/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/crab_haul2.jpgcrab_haul2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/crab_haul1.jpgcrab_haul12009-09-11T15:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/09/01/bernard-palissy/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/palissy4.jpgpalissy4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/palissy3_detail.jpgpalissy3_detailhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/palissy3.jpgpalissy3https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/palissy_detail.jpgpalissy_detailhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/palissy2.jpgpalissy22009-09-02T17:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/08/31/statistics/2009-08-31T17:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/08/25/the-uplands-2009/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stromatolites.jpgstromatolitesSilurian stromatolites in the Grand Rapids Uplands (photo © Norman Aime)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quarry_norm.jpgQuarry_NormOver the past few years we have extracted a lot of dolostone, giving the "quarry" this stepped appearance (photo Norman Aime)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/linguloids.jpglinguloidsPoorly preserved linguloid brachiopods are incredibly abundant in some intervals.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jelly_bed_detail.jpgjelly_bed_detailSeveral fossil jellyfish are exposed on a bedding plane surface.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sean_collects.jpgSean_collectsSearching for fossils, Sean Robson extracts a block of dolostone.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dam_pelicans.jpgdam_pelicansPelicans below the hydro dam at Grand Rapids (photo © Norman Aime) https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/trees_water.jpgtrees_water(photo © Norman Aime)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/graham_notebook.jpgGraham_notebookA scruffy paleontologist fills in his field notebook. The two shirts are not some sort of ill-planned fashion statement; I was cold that day! (photo © Michael Cuggy)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/collecting_dance.jpgcollecting_danceFor a brief instant, it looks as though we are performing a traditional dance as we scrape rubble from the surface (photo © Michael Cuggy).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/quarry5_edit.jpgQuarry5_editWorking to clear overburden so that we can extract the bedrock (photo © Michael Cuggy)2009-08-26T20:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/08/08/north/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/gr_snow.jpgGR_Snow2009-08-08T15:25:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/08/05/transitions/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ord_seafloor_diorama.jpgOrd_seafloor_dioramaThis diorama at the Manitoba Museum depicts an Ordovician seafloor in southern Manitoba https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sea_n_sky.jpgsea_n_skyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/churchill_waves.jpgChurchill_waveshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/norm_n_me.jpgNorm_n_meNorman Aime (R) and me at the Churchill rocky shoreline site, summer of 2005https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/urchin.jpgurchinSea urchin on the beach: Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island. New Brunswick2009-08-06T13:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/07/09/the-glamorous-life-of-the-jet-setting-paleontologist/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cyathophylloides.jpgCyathophylloidesThis colony of the colonial rugose coral Cyathophylloides is in the large Richmondian roadcut near Madison, Indiana (see The Coral Hut, below)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cincy_roadcut1.jpgCincy_roadcut1One of the many large Upper Ordovician roadcuts in northern Kentuckyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ky_pigsign.jpgKY_pigsignA roadside sight in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky (yes, that is the actual name of the place; you could look it up!)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/frankfort.jpgFrankfortFrankfort, Kentuckyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cincymus1.jpgcincymus1The Cincinnati Museum Center occupies the former train station, a remarkable Art Deco buildinghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/brachmess.jpgbrachmessA mess of brachiopods on a Richmondian (Upper Ordovician) bedding plane surfacehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/isotelus.jpgIsotelusLarge trilobite Isotelus from the Cincinnati area (specimen on exhibit in the Cincinnati Museum Center)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cincymorning.jpgCincymorningCincinnati in the morninghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cincyu.jpgcincyuModern buildings at the University of Cincinnatihttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/holland1.jpgHolland12012-02-14T04:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/06/30/the-coral-hut/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/madison_bike.jpgMadison_bikeAlthough the shed was the highlight of our trip to Madison, the town has many other interesting sights.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coral_hut4.jpgcoral_hut4This colony is turned sideways. The repeated subparallel bands in its skeleton may represent annual growth cycles (similar to tree rings).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coral_hut3.jpgcoral_hut3The walls are made of coral colonies mortared together. Every one that we could identify seems to belong to the rugose coral genus Cyathophylloides. Even though other corals can be found in the coral beds, the masons must have been selective when choosing stones. This dome-shaped colony is in its growth orientation, but many others have been fitted in every which way.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coral_hut21.jpgcoral_hut2The shed is in a corner of John Paul Park, which was founded more than 100 years ago. It was built as a tool shed; the panels describe the history of the town and the park (but, intriguingly, they don't seem to mention the corals).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coral_hut2.jpgcoral_hut2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coral_hut1.jpgcoral_hut12009-07-01T00:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/06/05/cormorant-hill-the-pristine-present-sits-on-a-hostile-past/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/aspen.jpgaspenhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/clearwater_cave.jpgclearwater_caveSnow can still be seen in the deep crevices beside Clearwater Lake.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/clearwater_rocks.jpgclearwater_rocksA cliff face beside Clearwater Lakehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/moss.jpgmossMoss on a quarry floor near Cormoranthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fisher_b_corals.jpgFisher_B_coralsThese Silurian corals are from the Fisher Branch Formation near Cormorant. An overturned horn coral (solitary rugose coral) is on the left, with a favositid tabulate to its right. The coin is 23 mm across.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/stony_stonewall.jpgStony_StonewallThis is a vertical quarry face near Cormorant. The yellow arrow indicates the contact between the Ordovician Stony Mountain Formation (below) and the Stonewall Formation. This is a very irregular surface which is indented by channel-like features. It suggests a period during which sediment was not being deposited, and the surface may have been above sea level for a while.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/flowers_lake.jpgflowers_lakeSaxifrages on the shore of Cormorant Lake in June, 2006. This year the weather has been much colder, and the flowers are not yet in bloom.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/geologists.jpggeologistsGeological field party eating lunch on the shore of Cormorant Lake (June, 2006)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cormorant_railway.jpgCormorant_railwayThe famed Hudson Bay Railway passes through Cormorant.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/osprey.jpgospreyThe power line had been re-routed around the osprey nest.2009-06-09T02:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/06/01/gallery-milestones/2009-06-02T03:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/05/21/master-of-my-own-domain/2009-05-22T14:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/05/19/lake-winnipeg/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fish_edit.jpgfish_edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/iceshore1edit.jpgiceshore1edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mathesonshore_edit.jpgmathesonshore_edithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/summer_end.jpgsummer_end2009-05-20T16:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/05/16/the-ancient-seas-video/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/palaeophyllum-1.jpgPalaeophyllum-1Thin section (microscope slide) of fossil Palaeophyllum from the Churchill rocky shoreline.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phlesch_palaeophyllum.jpgphlesch_palaeophyllumOf all the wonderful models produced by Phlesch, this colonial coral (Palaeophyllum) is my favourite.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eurypt_artic.jpgeurypt_articA eurypterid from the Grand Rapids Uplands (Manitoba Museum specimen)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phlesch_eurypterid.jpgphlesch_eurypteridThis eurypterid ("sea scorpion") is based on fossils we found in central Manitoba.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/winnipegia.jpgwinnipegiaThis fossil of Winnipegia is from the Cat Head - McBeth Point area, Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba Museum specimen).https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phlesch_winnipegia.jpgphlesch_winnipegiaThis seaweed reconstruction is based on the Ordovician genus Winnipegia.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ceph-slab.jpgceph-slabThis fossil-rich slab from Airport Cove, near Churchill, includes a large coiled cephalopod. We collected this slab, and plan to include it in a gallery exhibit next year.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phlesch_charactoceras.jpgphlesch_charactocerasThis coiled cephalopod (related to the modern pearly nautilus) is based on the fossil genus Charactoceras.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/coral_boulders.jpgcoral_bouldersA fossil coral between the boulders in front of the boulder field at Churchill.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/phlesch_ordo_fine_env.jpgphlesch_ordo_fine_envPart of the reconstructed community just in front of the boulder field. Visible organisms include corals, brachiopods (lamp shells), algae, and a dead giant trilobite.2009-10-08T22:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/04/20/the-island/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/island-edge-near-hbc1.jpgisland-edge-near-hbc1From a helicopter it is easy to see the outlines of the islands that existed 445 million years ago.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lobster.jpglobster... perhaps?https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/triloramarev.jpgtriloramarev... tastes like ...https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/island-edge-near-hbc.jpgisland-edge-near-hbcFrom a helicopter it is easy to see the outlines of the islands that existed 445 million years ago.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/seahorse.jpgseahorseWest of the Churchill River, one can stand on top of one quartzite ridge and look across to the next one. In the Late Ordovician Period, this low area was a channel between tropical islands.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ed-graham-1a.jpged-graham-1aStriding across one of the quartzite ridges that formed islands in the Ordovician sea: L-R are Norm Aime, me, and Ed Dobrzanski (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2022-10-18T13:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/04/14/the-goldfield/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/goldfield2.jpggoldfield2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/goldfield1.jpggoldfield1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/goldfield4.jpggoldfield4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hecla21.jpghecla21Hecla Village yesterdayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hecla2.jpghecla2Hecla Village yesterdayhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hecla1.jpghecla1Shore and ice, Lake Winnipeghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/goldfield3.jpggoldfield32021-11-10T20:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/03/31/the-churchill-quartzite/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/quartzite_shore1.jpgquartzite_shore1Quartzite spine of the shore just east of Churchillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/quartzite_scarp1.jpgquartzite_scarp1Variable patterns of weathering along a quartzite scarphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/quartzite_pond.jpgquartzite_pondWater collects in low places across the impermeable bedrock, forming small pondshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/quartzite_scarp.jpgquartzite_scarpVariable patterns of weathering along a quartzite scarphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/quartzite_shore.jpgquartzite_shoreQuartzite spine of the shore just east of Churchillhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/hearne.jpghearneSamuel Hearne's signature is one of the pieces of historic graffiti at Sloop Cove, across the river from Churchill.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/boulder_field.jpgboulder_fieldProterozoic quartzite boulders surrounded by Ordovician carbonatehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/crevice-fill.jpgcrevice-fillIn a few places, pale brown Ordovician carbonate sits directly against the quartzitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/smooth-quartzite1.jpgsmooth-quartzite1Many quartzite surfaces have a fine natural polishhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/smooth-quartzite.jpgsmooth-quartzite2014-12-03T03:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/03/29/gastroliths/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dino_stones.jpgdino_stones2009-03-30T00:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/03/22/welcome-aboard/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/beijing_traffic.jpgbeijing_trafficOne corner of the world city: Beijing traffichttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lake_wpg_cliff.jpglake_wpg_cliffCliff between Cat Head and McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/otters.jpgottersTwo of the otters at McBeth Pointhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/siberia_air.jpgsiberia_airEastern Siberia from 40,000 feet2009-09-25T06:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/03/17/drumheller-and-its-dinosaurs/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_bandaids.jpgdrum_bandaidshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_dalmatian.jpgdrum_dalmatianhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_bestwest1.jpgdrum_bestwest1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_bestwest2.jpgdrum_bestwest2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_allosaur.jpgdrum_allosaurhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_dino1.jpgdrum_dino1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/drum_biggest.jpgdrum_biggesthttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tyrrell_death_pose1.jpgtyrrell_death_pose1This ornithomimid in a death pose is an example of the wonderful dinosaur exhibits at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tyrrell_death_pose.jpgtyrrell_death_pose2012-06-25T14:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/03/10/eternal-jellies-in-the-world-ocean/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blacks_hbr.jpgblacks_hbrhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/school_jelly.jpgschool_jellyThis fossil jelly, similar to a moon jelly, was discovered in a schoolyard in Winnipeg. Its age is uncertain, but the rock in which it occurs is consistent with an Ordovician age, about 450 million years old.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moon_jellies.jpgmoon_jelliesModern moon jellies (Aurelia) from the southern end of Vancouver Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aequorea.jpgaequoreaCrystal jelly Aequorea, Pacific coast of Canada (photo: Gavin Hanke)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cyanea1.jpgcyanea1Lion's mane jelly, northeast tip of Prince Edward Islandhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aurelia_baltic2.jpgaurelia_baltic2Dead moon jellies, coast of Estoniahttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/gr_jelly.jpggr_jellyOrdovician fossil jellyfish from central Manitoba (The Manitoba Museum, specimen I- )https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aurelia_baltic1.jpgaurelia_baltic1Dead and dying moon jellies on the Baltic shorehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/south_polar_projection.jpgsouth_polar_projectionThe Great Southern Ocean, as seen in a sotuh polar view2010-05-14T03:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/01/22/first-sight-churchill/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/young13.jpgyoung13https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/thescarplr2.jpgthescarplr2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/boulder_field4.jpgboulder_field4https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/paleofavosites_colony.jpgpaleofavosites_colonyaa colony of the tabulate coral <i>Paleofavosites</i> rests between the bouldershttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/boulder_field_corals1.jpgboulder_field_corals1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/boulder_field9.jpgboulder_field9the boulder fieldhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/thescarplr1.jpgthescarplr1on the scarphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/thescarplr.jpgthescarplron the scarphttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cropped-main_site_pano_web.jpgcropped-main_site_pano_web.jpg2012-09-28T00:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/02/06/catching-a-crab/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gr-arthropod-4-copy2.jpggr-arthropod-4-copy2The eurypterid found by Ed Dobrzanski and me in 2004 (collection of The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gr-arthropod-4-copy1.jpggr-arthropod-4-copy1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gr-arthropod-4-copy.jpggr-arthropod-4-copyThe eurypterid found by Ed Dobrzanski and me in 2004. (collection of The Manitoba Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crab_eyes.jpgcrab_eyeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/i4000a.jpgi4000aThis is the beautiful specimen found by Dave. It has been designated as the holotype specimen for the new species Lunataspis aurora (The Manitoba Museum, specimen I-4000A)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ac-algae-2.jpgac-algae-2Fossil "bottle brush" seaweed from the Churchill sitehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/norman_field.jpgnorman_fieldNorman Aime splits rock at the Churchill site. In the background, both Ed Dobrzanski and Pete Fenton are carrying shotguns for protection against polar bears. (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gr-june-07-003.jpggr-june-07-003This is me collecting fossils in the summer of 2007. To find fossils at this site, one has to crawl around for hours, cleaning and splitting rock. After a day or so, my knees are bruised and in constant pain.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/grsite.jpggrsiteMembers of the field party doing exploratory work in 2004.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fournier-slab.jpgfournier-slabThis eurypterid slab, found by Mr. Fournier, is the piece that made us interested in field research in the Grand Rapids Uplands.2009-03-04T23:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/02/28/scenes-from-northern-summers-1/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/moon-on-range-11.jpgmoon-on-range-11https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/moon-on-range-2.jpgmoon-on-range-2At twilight, the moon hangs over the old Churchill rocket range.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/moon-on-range-1.jpgmoon-on-range-1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/arctichare.jpgarctichareAn arctic hare in summer pelagehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/arcticflower1.jpgarcticflower1In summer, the tundra is covered with flowers.https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/willow_herb.jpgwillow_herbThe tenacious arctic willow herb grows in crevices on the quartzite surfacehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bergy-bit.jpgbergy-bitIce sits on the Hudson Bay shore in July2009-03-03T22:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/02/23/bones-and-sinews/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/plesio_old_mus.jpgplesio_old_musThe plesiosaur, as exhibited at the old museum after 1937https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/plesiosaur_2008.jpgplesiosaur_2008The plesiosaur, as it appeared on exhibit between the 1970s and 20082009-02-23T20:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/01/29/weather-and-other-bugbears/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/moon-on-range-2.jpgmoon-on-range-2https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/moon-on-range-1.jpgmoon-on-range-1https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dave-mosquito.jpgdave-mosquitoDave Rudkin feeds the mosquitoes at Twin Lakeshttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/apt-cove-ice-island.jpgapt-cove-ice-islandAirport Cove in Julyhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cold-ed.jpgcold-edEd Dobrzanski braves the weather on a boulder shorehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bearshore.jpgbearshoreDirty polar bear (arrowed) in a boulder fieldhttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/akbear.jpgakbearPolar bear at Akimiski Island (photo © David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum)2009-01-30T02:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.com/2009/01/29/exhibit-development-1-those-pesky-words/https://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/trilo-exhibit.jpgtrilo-exhibithttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/diversity_case.jpgdiversity_casehttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/main_site_pano_web3.jpgmain_site_pano_web3.jpghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cropped-main_site_pano_web2.jpgcropped-main_site_pano_web2.jpghttps://ancientshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/main_site_pano_web1.jpg'%20doesn't%20exist?main_site_pano_web1.jpg' doesn't exist?2009-01-29T04:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientshore.comdaily1.02025-01-07T18:30:14+00:00