Join us for an exciting evening of discovery and insight as we showcase short presentations from recently returned expeditions and field research projects. Our speakers will share their experiences from the field, providing a glimpse into the challenges they faced, the discoveries they made, and the valuable lessons they learned along the way. This event offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of very recent exploration and scientific research in a range of the world's most fascinating locations.
After the presentations, stay for an informal gathering in the Map Room bar where you can meet the speakers, ask questions, and celebrate their achievements.
Whether you’re an aspiring field scientist, a seasoned researcher, or simply curious about the world, this event promises to inspire and inform. Don't miss this chance to connect with a community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for exploration and discovery!
About the microlectures
Each speaker will have just 8 minutes each to share their expeditions and geographical journeys in an illustrated talk. Meet this year's speakers below.
Fight for flight
Fight for flight is the story of Heather Fortune's 11-month solo expedition contributing to bird conservation projects across Europe and Asia. An art-science collaboration, it aims to inspire a wider diversity of people to get into birds and their conservation. This project was funded by the R&A International Scholarship from the University of St Andrews.
Melting ice and changing winds
How can changes in wind direction control surface melt rates over the Greenland Ice Sheet? Early career researchers embark on a month-long field expedition to the Leverett Glacier in west Greenland to investigate wind-driven ice melt. Joshua Abrahams tells the story.
Korean carnivore project
Dr Joshua Elves-Powell will be sharing initial findings from a multi-year project on the Korean Peninsula. Josh will discuss how the Korean carnivore project has been able to use local ecological knowledge to reveal insights into the often-overlooked biodiversity of North Korea, and the threats it faces.
Barren lands expedition
Karolina Gawonicz and Michał Łukaszewicz set out on a self-sufficient, unmotorised canoe journey across the second-largest uninhabited wilderness in the world: Canadian Barren Lands. They followed in the footsteps of explorers James Critchell-Bullock and John Hornby on the 100th anniversary of their expedition attempting to locate the cache buried by the British pair back in 1924.
Health hazards of volcanic gases
Rosie Lewis tells the story of assessing the health hazards of chronic exposures to volcanic gases on Montserrat, Eastern Caribbean.
Scott Pallett
Scott tells the story of an unsupported research expedition looking at getting remote diagnostics to work in the extreme climates of Scoresby Land and Jameson Land, north east Greenland.
