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Eau Claire researcher helps find buried bodies using ground-penetrating radar

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Harry M. Jol, left, a geography and anthropology professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, operate ground-penetrating radar in Cyprus.
Harry M. Jol, left, a geography and anthropology professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, and his son Connor, right, operate a ground-penetrating radar in the village of Exo Metochi, Duzova, in the Turkish occupied north of ethnically divided Cyprus on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Emitting radio waves, the machine is probing for any disturbances through layers of soil beneath the asphalt to offer any clues supporting eyewitness accounts that people who vanished nearly a half century ago are buried in a makeshift mass grave, now squeezed between a two-story home and a fig orchard. Petros Karadjias/AP Photo

To find the unmarked burial sites of Holocaust victims, Indigenous children and other unidentified bodies requires both great sensitivity and specialized equipment. A UW-Eau Claire professor uses ground-penetrating radar to help locate graves around the world. He and one of his students join us.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Joel Patenaude Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Harry Jol Guest
  • Sasha Kvasnik Guest

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