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The Burgess Shale

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Fieldwork

Palaeontologists working in the field.

Find out what goes into planning and executing an expedition to the Burgess Shale.

  • Transport (0:37, 7,280 kb)
  • Equipment (1:48, 20,800 kb)
  • Tools (1:02, 12,000 kb)
  • Cobra (2:07, 24,400 kb)
  • Rock Saws (1:46, 20,500 kb)
  • Finding Fossils (1:42, 19,800 kb)
  • Field Cataloguing (2:07, 24,500 kb)
  • Packing Fossils (0:54, 10,600 kb)
  • Camp Life (0:39, 7,570 kb)
  • Weather (0:43, 8,430 kb)
  • Wildlife (1:16, 14,800 kb)
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