A Tale of Two Poles

Antarctica is an otherworldly region and unlike any place that most of us have experienced. It is stark, cold, vast and stunningly silent. But the dynamics of the North and the South Poles are remarkably different. The North is populated with indigenous people, industry and animals. The other is a void panorama of ice and snow that once had dinosaurs roaming its humid jungles. The poles also hosted the last great age of global exploration. Today, like a canary in a coal mine, the poles are sending us messages telling us what the future of mankind may look like in the next century on planet Earth. Mankind needs to pay more attention to these signals from the outer reaches of our planet.

David A. Aguilar is an internationally recognized naturalist/astronomer, author, onscreen science contributor and space artist with the unique ability to open minds to the vast frontiers of space and their potential effects on our own world. He is the former director of science information at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and past director of marketing communications for Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. David has written and illustrated 12 award-winning children's books for National Geographic, was a member of the NASA Pluto Encounter Mission, has consulted and appeared in the History Channel's Universe series and has been honored with his own asteroid for achievements in furthering science education. He is also the science consultant for the TV series “UFO Hunters.” www.aspenskies.com