Meet our Polar Explorer, Dr. Nate Smith

Dr. Nathan Smith, Associate Curator of NHM’s Dinosaur Institute, is an experienced Antarctic fossil hunter. Listen to how he prepped for his journeys, what passes for recreation on the icy continent, and the creatures that occupied that remote patch of Earth millions of years ago. Antarctic Dinosaurs Exhibit https://nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/special-exhibits/antarctic-dinosaurs NHM Dinosaur Institute https://nhm.org/site/research-collections/dinosaur-institute Antarctic Dinosaurs was developed 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. Expedition Photo 2 - Photograph by Eva KoppelhusAn expedition team member waits for the helicopter to pick up a fossil to take back to the basecamp.