What a difference nearly thirty years makes. In 1986 the Prof of Geology at Otago University showed me some recently collected plant …
Mike Pole
Mike Pole
From New Zealand. Traveling the weyward path trying to figure out how the world works. I study fossil plants, past climates, travel, walk, hike, read, take photos, struggle with computer graphics and plant trees.
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New Zealand plant fossils
New Zealand’s Weather has been so … Early Miocene
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA couple of years ago I re-kitted and headed off from Wanaka for an extended walk in the Matukituki region. There was …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Cabin Fever and Paleocene leaf fossils in the Haast
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleEaster, 1971. The family is holed-up in a tiny home-made caravan at Cole Creek, in New Zealand’s forest-clad South Westland just north …
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New Zealand Geology
The Highlands Motorsport Park ‘Jurassic Forest Safari’
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleGrowing up in Alexandra it inconceivable that Cromwell might somehow overtake Alex. Alexandra was The Hub. Cromwell was the little place you …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Fossil Palm Swamps of Central Otago, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Fossil Palm Swamps of Central Otago, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Supplejack – a survivor from the Miocene in New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe first time I ever slept-out (sleeping bag, no tent), I was about four years old, and the place was an idyllic …
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