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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.

  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    How Much Carbon Dioxide was in the Atmosphere of New Zealand’s Jurassic Curio Bay Fossil Forest?

    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017

    How do you figure out how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere millions of years ago? In the Jurassic, the fossil …

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    Lurking in the Streets of Old Tartarstan in Kazan

    by Mike Pole November 4, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 4, 2017

    I admit it, I was lurking in the back streets of ‘Old Tartarstan’, Kazan. Trouble is, I like old buildings, and particularly …

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    Kazan – the Peacock Big Enough to be Seen from Space

    by Mike Pole October 21, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 21, 2017

    In about 2014 some genius decided to plant a peacock in front of the Kazan Kremlin. Kazan is the currently the capital …

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    A Day Circumnavigating the Nanjing City Walls

    by Mike Pole October 14, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 14, 2017

    In Nanjing I waited for the Goldilocks time, not too cold, not too hot – to walk the entire Nanjing City Walls. The …

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    Fifty, 500, or 5,000 years old? Ancient cultural landscape in the hills of Central Turkey

    by Mike Pole October 7, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 7, 2017

    ‘Fox-holes’ perhaps? Did snipers crouch in these to fire down on an enemy below? What were these little rings of rocks strategically …

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    In the Footsteps of Anthony Bourdain: Restaurant CoCoCo in St Petersburg, Russia

    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017

    A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …

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    ‘Woman with nails in both sides of skull’ – the Nanjing Massacre Memorial

    by Mike Pole September 23, 2017
    by Mike Pole September 23, 2017

    Arguably, the most shocking part of Iris Chang’s book ‘The Rape Of Nanking’, comes in its Epilogue. During my 12 months living …

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  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?

    by Mike Pole September 17, 2017
    by Mike Pole September 17, 2017

    In the Jurassic you could have walked from what is now the fossil forest at Curio Bay in southernmost New Zealand (see …

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    Uganda – Hell-train to Kasese

    by Mike Pole August 27, 2017
    by Mike Pole August 27, 2017

    As I lowered my arse out the door of the moving train, with my trousers and undies around my ankles, I saw …

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    When Corals Lived in the Mongolian Gobi

    by Mike Pole August 10, 2017
    by Mike Pole August 10, 2017

    Corals in Mongolia – is there a better example of dramatic Earth-change?! The Gobi Altai -the mountains flanking the Gobi Desert, are …

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  • Home
  • About me
  • Contact me
  • Categories
    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
    • Fire
    • Travel
    • Forests
    • New Zealand plant fossils
    • New Zealand Geology
    • History/Archaeology
    • Supernatural
    • Cheap Eats Nanjing
  • Places
    • Australia
    • Armenia
    • Bosnia
    • Brazil
    • Canary Island
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Turkey
    • Estonia
    • France
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Lebanon
    • Mexico
    • Mongolia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Russia
    • Uganda
    • New Zealand
    • India
    • South Africa