Get ready for a year of dinosaurs at the Witte Museum! In today’s episode, hosts Abbey and Daemon focus on the newest special exhibition, Antarctic Dinosaurs. The duo describes how Antarctica transformed from a lush Jurassic forest to modern-day icy desert, they break down where the name “cryolophosaurus” comes from and Daemon decides what they would name their dinosaur—if either host ever found one.

To learn more information about the sources and references for today’s episode, visit:

• DK Find Out, Cryolophosaurus: https://www.dkfindout.com/us/dinosaurs-and-prehistoric-life/dinosaurs/cryolophosaurus/


• Field Museum, Antarctic Dinosaurstraveling exhibition: https://www.wittemuseum.org/exhibitions/antarctic-dinosaurs/


• NCEP/Climate Prediction Center Atlas No. 5, A precipitation climatology for stations in the tropical basin: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pacdir/cont_brie.html


• NSF United Stated Antarctic Program, About the continent: https://www.usap.gov/aboutthecontinent/


• Wikipedia, Gondwana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwana

Hosted by the Witte Museum’s Abigail Jacks, Environmental Science Education Manager, and Daemon Piña, Health and Wellness Education Manager. Produced by Alyssa Sailor-Tynes, Digital Marketing Manager.

A companion to the Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibition, at the Witte for a limited time. This exhibition is developed and traveled by the Field Museum, Chicago in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Discovery Place – Charlotte, NC and the Natural History Museum of Utah. Generous support was provided by the Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund. Antarctic Dinosaurs at the Witte Museum is generously supported by HOLT Cat and Mary Pat and Mike Bolner.

For more information and to experience Antarctic Dinosaurs at the Witte, visit http://ow.ly/t2fH50MUIZ3.