Oral Histories - James Franklin
Channel: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Date: 10/01/2017

Dr. Franklin holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Carleton University. And a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University of Western Ontario. He joined the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) where he eventually became one of the first geoscientists to use a deep submersible to study “black smokers” on the mid-ocean ridges. Franklin retired in 1998 as Chief Geoscientist of the GSC.

For full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tdAWTt6as&feature=youtu.be

Part of the Mining and Metallurgy Legacy Project.