Conrad Anker
Adjunct Instructor of Earth Sciences
Social Media
Instagram: @conrad_anker
Twitter: @conradanker
Website www.conradanker.com
Professional Positions
- Leader of the North Face Climbing Team
- Co-Founder Khumbu Climbing Center, Phortse, Nepal
Research Interests
- Climate change and its effect on glaciers in the Greater Himalayas and around the world
- Geology of the Himalayas
- Culture and adaptation of mountain people in relation to their environment
Education
- Honorary Doctorate – University of Utah (2017)
- B.A. Parks Recreation and Tourism - University of Utah (1988)
Courses Taught
ERTH 102CS: Climate Change Impacts on Himalayan Glaciers and Human Adaptations (Spring 2018, co-taught with Dr. David Lageson )
Selected Publications
Baseline snow survey Vinson Massif, Antarctica (video)
PBS NOW reporting on Glacial Retreat in the Garwhal Himalaya, India (video)
FILMS/VIDEOS:
February 2016 - “National Parks Adventure” MacGillivray Freeman Films
August 2015 - “Meru” Music Box Films
Fall 2012 – “The Shark's Fin” Camp 4 Collective
August 2010 - Altitude Films/National Geo “The Wildest Dream”
Fall 2010 - “On Ice” NOW on PBS
2010- “Annapurna the First Conquest of an 8,000 Meter Peak”
NOW/PBS – 1 hour special on Global Warming- Summer ‘09
RUSH TV/Serac Films – “The Endless Knot” ‘07
RUSH TV/RGTV "The Northface Expeditions: Morocco - La Bas” ‘06
RUSH TV/Serac Films – “Light of the Himalaya” ‘06
Independent documentary; “The Magic Knot” ‘05
Outdoor Life Network: "To the Edge" '00
NOVA: “Mountain of Ice” 2001
NOVA: The Shackleton Story, IMAX Film '00
NBC Expedition Series: "Shishapangma," '99
BBC, NOVA, ZDF: "Lost on Everest," '99
National Geographic Television: Queen Maud Land," '97
Cliffhanger Productions: "On Ice" '95
BOOKS WRITTEN OR FEATURED IN :
“The Call of Everest” National Geographic Books
“The Big Open - on foot across Tibet’s Chang Tang” by Rick Ridgeway
"The Lost Explorer - Finding Mallory" with Dave Roberts
“Himalaya - Personal Accounts of Grandeur, Challenge and Hope on the Roof of the World” by Broughton Coburn,
Richard C. Blum, Erica Stone
“Forget-Me-Not” a memoir by Jennifer-Lowe Anker
Conrad Anker on Mount Everest below the “Second Step” on the North Side ~28,700 ft., June 14, 2007
Lang Tang
Graduation Ceremony at University of Utah, Spring 2017