Antarctica in Sight: Live!
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANTARCTICA
Antarctica In Sight: Live! is back. Join us as we meet expert guests from the fields of science, history, conservation and culture, to explore hidden treasures, uncover amazing lives and deepen our understanding of this extraordinary place. Put your questions to the panel during each live event and discover new perspectives on your favourite frozen continent.
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Breaking The Ice Ceiling 7 March 2023, 8-9pm
In Breaking The Ice Ceiling, we'll discuss the history of female endeavour and achievement in Antarctica. Join us on the eve of International Women’s Day to hear about the “ice ceilings” that our incredible guests have already broken, find out about UKAHT's all-female team at Port Lockroy, and look ahead to the future and the boundaries that are yet to be broken.
UKAHT's Sophie Montagne will be joined by award-winning adventurer, travel writer, photographer, presenter and broadcaster, Phoebe Smith, who last year took a group of underprivileged young people to Antarctica with her #WeTwo Foundation. Two of her young explorers join us to share their experiences and introduce us to the future face of Antarctic exploration. Watch here
Hand-Built Heritage 24 January 2023
Join us as we explore the hidden history of Antarctica’s hand-built post-war architecture. Discover how these amazing structures were built against the odds using pre-fabricated panels and make-do-and-mend salvaged materials, and meet the people whose job it is to restore and protect them today. Our expert speakers will highlight the challenges of conserving wooden buildings in extreme Antarctic conditions and discuss the threat that climate change has on these remarkable structures, as we look to protect their future. Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
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The Great Antarctic Menu 13 December 2022
With the festive season on the horizon, we explore the story of food in Antarctica: from surviving on dwindling supplies to conjuring up a festive feast from a tin. We’ll talk about the many food-related artefacts that can be found across the sites we preserve, explore creative menus from the archive, and discover what happened when food supplies ran low. And with three vegetarian team members heading to Port Lockroy for the first time, we discuss what it it takes to go meat-free in Antarctica and what we can all do to reduce our culinary footprint.
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Enduring Discoveries 21 November 2022
On the anniversary of the sinking of Shackleton’s Endurance, we explore the amazing story of its rediscovery and what this means for its future conservation. We’ll be joined by very special guests John Shears, expedition leader with Endurance22, and Hefin Meara, maritime archaeologist with Historic England. Together they will uncover this amazing discovery process, the impossible conditions faced and the complex challenges of deciding how to protect the ship in future.
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Designing for Extremes 9 May 2022
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest and highest continent. Its surrounding Southern Ocean is renowned for record-breaking waves, unchecked winds and perilous sea ice. Living and working at the bottom of the world requires specialist, high-performance ships, clothing, equipment and accommodation designed to need minimal maintenance, have a reduced environmental footprint and maintain safety, health and wellbeing in extreme conditions.
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Antarctica and The Climate Crisis 25 April 2022
Doomsday glaciers, shrinking sea ice, record high temperatures and dwindling wildlife – Antarctica is hitting the headlines. But what can the continent’s research tell us about the future of our planet?
We’ll hear from Dr Alison Banwell, working on ice-shelf stability at the University of Colorado Boulder, Dr Adrian Howkins, polar environmental historian from the University of Bristol and Dr Robert Larter, deputy science leader of palaeoenvironments at the British Antarctic Survey. The evening will be hosted by Sumit Paul-Choudhury, writer, consultant and former editor-in-chief of the New Scientist. watch here
Untold Stories of Antarctica 8 March 2022
We’ll be joined by Morgan Seag, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, to tell us the story of women's integration into Antarctic field science in the mid-twentieth century. While Amelia Urry, also a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, will share stories of the women behind Antarctic mapping in the 1950s.
Shining a light on the tales of women, they will offer new perspectives on the history of human endeavour in the region, and ask why their narratives and achievements have been largely overlooked until now. Watch here
The Future of the Antarctic Treaty 31 January 2022
Following the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty being adopted into law, Professor Klaus Dodds will look at the treaty as a model for global governance and cooperation, on the earth as well as in space. And, as the time nears to renegotiate, he will ask what the future of the treaty might look like in an increasingly divided world. Chaired by Sumit Paul-Choudhury.
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21st Century Heroism 5 January 2022
On the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death, modern-day explorers will look back at the “heroic” era of exploration, asking what it took back then, what heroism looks like now and what lessons we can learn 100 years on. With record-breaking polar explorer Ben Saunders and Henrietta Hammant, researcher in anthropology of heritage at the University of Reading.
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The Secret Life of Penguins 6 December 2021
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Antarctic penguins - from an A-Z of the species, a run down of their family units and the extraordinary ways they communicate, to what studying penguins can tell us about the climate crisis. Speakers include: Ruth Peacey, wildlife filmmaker and Michael Dunn, seabird ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey.
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