CU Museum will remain closed from Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 10 for CU’s official winter holidays and planned construction activities nearby. 
The Museum will resume normal operating hours (10 AM-4 PM) on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Thank you!

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Adrian Howkins

Adrian Howkins in Antarctica wearing sunglasses
Environmental Historian
University of Bristol
  • Trips to Antarctica: 4
  • Studying: Human impact on Antarctica
  • Discovered: One of the lakes being studied formed only in the last 100 years.
  • Amazed that: Everyone on this research project will set their feet on land where they’re the first person to ever walk.
  • Said: "In Antarctica, you can’t avoid the environment. You can’t avoid this idea that the environment is part of human history.â€
  • Fun fact: Accidentally bumped his small rubber boat into a sleeping whale.