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“Boneyard Alaska” Film Screening

A documentary, filmed over the last three summers at an active gold mine north of Fairbanks Alaska.
Runtime: 74 min

Beneath the ever-frozen ground of Alaska, lie the bones of Ice Age creatures that roamed this region tens of thousands of years ago: bison, woolly mammoths, and prehistoric bears. Stored in a permafrost deep-freeze for all this time, these remains are in pristine condition and represent an unprecedented window into the life of the Pleistocene Epoch.

The bones are now being unearthed by an Alaskan gold miner named John Reeves, a private landowner with no scientific training whatsoever. But John has a passion for bones and for collecting, and has assembled over a hundred thousand specimens from his mine site, “The Boneyard.”

For the first time, John invites a small team of expert paleontologists to visit his site and his collection. As the scientists wade into the mud, and peruse the boxes of the collection, discoveries are made before our very eyes, potentially re-writing the history of North America.

6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Screening











When: Wed., Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: The Explorers Club
46 E. 70th St.
212-628-8383
Price: $25
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A documentary, filmed over the last three summers at an active gold mine north of Fairbanks Alaska.
Runtime: 74 min

Beneath the ever-frozen ground of Alaska, lie the bones of Ice Age creatures that roamed this region tens of thousands of years ago: bison, woolly mammoths, and prehistoric bears. Stored in a permafrost deep-freeze for all this time, these remains are in pristine condition and represent an unprecedented window into the life of the Pleistocene Epoch.

The bones are now being unearthed by an Alaskan gold miner named John Reeves, a private landowner with no scientific training whatsoever. But John has a passion for bones and for collecting, and has assembled over a hundred thousand specimens from his mine site, “The Boneyard.”

For the first time, John invites a small team of expert paleontologists to visit his site and his collection. As the scientists wade into the mud, and peruse the boxes of the collection, discoveries are made before our very eyes, potentially re-writing the history of North America.

6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Screening

Buy tickets/get more info now