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Park University professor back from Antarctica

Posted at 2:49 PM, Feb 06, 2018
and last updated 2018-02-06 15:49:32-05

She just returned from a five-week trip to Antarctica to collect fossils. Dr. Patty Ryberg, Assistant Professor of Biology at Park University, spent time about 300 miles from the South Pole with paleobotantists from the University of Kansas. The purpose of the trip was to collect fossil plants and trees (about 260 million years old) to figure out what the landscape of Antarctica looked like then. Hear about her discoveries!