Today we looked at some samples from 1936 from Baffin Island in Canada - way up north! Some people from Spain (we think) want to have a sample of this - we do not know why, but the museum often has requests for samples. We have been told that the people want a sample so that they can do scanning electron microscopy of the diatoms. We looked at the samples in the light microscope - it would have been much better if we had a light microscope with a TV camera attachment - and we did find a few diatoms in them. We were told that some of the sample will be sent, but we will also tell the people that there are not too many diatoms present.
SO - we have learnt about collections and sharing of collections today.
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