Mark Robinson (meteorologist)
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| alma_mater = York University, University of Guelph
| occupation = Meteorologist, Television Presenter
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| employer = The Weather Network
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| website = [http://stormhunter.ca Stormhunter.ca]
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Mark Robinson (born 27 January 1973) is a Canadian television meteorologist and storm chaser. He co-hosts
the television series Storm Hunters and Unearthed, has appeared on the television series Angry Planet, and
has made numerous other media appearances. In 2015, Robinson was named one of Canada's 100 greatest modern-day explorers by
Canadian Geographic,{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Nick | title=Canada's Greatest Explorers | website=Canadian Geographic | url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/canadian-explorers/ | accessdate=March 13, 2017}} and was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Storm chasing
A storm chaser since 2000, Robinson has documented dozens of tornadic storms and landfalling hurricanes / tropical storms,
including the 2013 El Reno EF3 tornado, the Category 5 Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi,{{Cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2011/08/18/storm-chaser-has-filmed-americas-deadliest-hurricanes|title = Storm chaser has filmed America's deadliest hurricanes – YFile| date=18 August 2011 }} and Category 3 Hurricane Sandy in New York City, New York.{{cite news | title=Storm Chaser Mark Robinson updates on Sandy | newspaper=The Toronto Star | date=October 29, 2012 | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2012/10/29/storm_chaser_mark_robinson_updates_on_sandy.html | accessdate=March 13, 2017}} He was the first Weather Network reporter to broadcast live from a hurricane (Katrina) and livestream a tornadic storm (from Oklahoma).
Television and other media
Robinson created and, with The Weather Network's Jaclyn Whittal, co-hosts the television series Stormhunters.{{cite web | url=https://www.theweathernetwork.com/explore/storm-hunters | title=The Weather Network }} The series has appeared on The Weather Network in Canada, Sky in the United Kingdom, and National Geographic Channel
in New Zealand and Australia. The series chronicles the adventures of the duo (and occasionally adventurer George Kourounis)
as they travel across North America documenting severe weather.
Robinson co-hosts the television series Unearthed with George Kourounis, documenting natural and wild areas of the
planet. The duo has so far travelled through the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, Greenland Arctic, and Antarctica. The series has been shown in Canada on The Weather Network.
He has also appeared on the television series Angry Planet{{cite web | title=Angry Planet – Worldwide Adventure Travel Television | website=Angry Planet – Worldwide Adventure Travel Television | url=http://www.angryplanet.tv/ | accessdate=March 13, 2017}} as an occasional guest.
Angry Planet has been shown in Canada on OLN, City-TV and The Weather Network, The Weather Channel
in Australia, and the Travel Channel worldwide.
Robinson has made appearances as a guest on CBC-TV, CBC-Radio, CTV, City-TV, CNN, The Weather Channel, BBC-TV, and Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, and has been featured in articles in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, USA Today and other dailies.
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/mark.robinson.127 Facebook]
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