2017-12-04

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Sixty Symbols regular Dr Meghan Gray on an infamous event that occurred in her home town - the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917.

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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/explosion-faq

Nova Scotia archives stuff: https://novascotia.ca/news/smr/2009-12-04-archives.asp

CBC: http://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/

While not a typical video for us, Dr Gray is a Sixty Symbols stalwart and really wanted to share the story of this explosion which is an event of great interest to her home town of Halifax --- and an event with a pretty significant science component.

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