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Secret Hunt for North American Diamonds

November 7, 2003

Kevin Krajick reporter, writer

Award-winning journalist Kevin Krajick tells the amazing story of modern day prospectors in Canada's frozen North who did the impossible: found diamonds in North America. Hear about the technological tools these two men used, the geology that provides conditions where diamonds are formed, and the fortune found and claimed right under the noses of large multinational companies.

Topics: People & Places | Science & Nature

Tags: Authors | Canada | diamonds | Habitat | Industry | Earth Sciences | Landmarks | Profiles

Presented By WGBH and Museum of Science, Boston:

Museum of Science, Boston

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Joseph Stiglitz: America and the Sinking of the World Economy

Joseph E. Stiglitz

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Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic

Author: Kevin Krajick

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks (2001)

Binding: Paperback, 442 pages

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