Scott Polar Research Institute, main lecture theatre


2008-10-15 16:30: Antarctic Engineering (Murray Mitchell (OPUS Engineering - New Zealand))

2008-10-29 16:30: Antarctic subglacial hydrology (Anne Le Brocq (University of Durham))

2008-11-12 16:30: TBA (Adrian Luckman (Swansea University))

2008-11-26 16:30: In situ glacial geophysical investigations of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica (Robert Bingham (British Antarctic Survey))

2009-02-18 16:30: Erebus volcano, Antarctica: eruption dynamics and atmospheric impacts (Clive Oppenheimer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)

2010-10-07 16:30: Lives on The Ice - Changing Patterns of Antarctic Experience from Scott to Byrd (Lisle A. Rose)

2010-10-20 16:30: Northernmost Antarctic Peninsula glacial and climate changes (Daniel Nývlt (Czech Geological Survey))

2010-11-01 16:30: Ice Stream Tides (Hilmar Gudmundsson (British Antarctic Survey))

2010-11-17 16:30: Calving Laws for Ice Sheet Models - Recent Progress and Future Prospects (Douglas Benn (University Centre in Svalbard and the University of St. Andrews))

2010-12-01 19:00: ANTARCTICA DAY Inaugural Lecture (Paul A. Berkman (University of Cambridge) & David W. H. Walton (British Antarctic Survey))

2011-01-26 16:30: Ocean forcing of ice sheet change in West Antarctica (Adrian Jenkins (British Antarctic Survey))

2011-02-16 16:30: Quantifying the predictive uncertainty of numerical mass balance models (Cameron Rye (University of Oxford))

2011-02-23 16:30: Oceanography in Arctic fjords (Finlo Cottier (Scottish Association for Marine Science))

2011-03-16 16:30: Antarctic subglacial hydrology and topography (Anne Le Brocq (University of Exeter))

2011-10-19 16:30: Why do glaciers fall apart? (Martin O'Leary, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan)

2011-11-02 16:30: Imaging contemporary subglacial landscapes: detailed geophysical surveys of Antarctic ice streams (Dr Ed King, British Antarctic Survey)

2011-11-16 16:30: Understanding contemporary change in West Antarctica: Insights from a higher order ice sheet model with dynamic subglacial processes (Dr Marion Bougamont, Scott Polar Research Institute)

2011-11-23 16:30: Microbial Communities in Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments. (Dr Mark Skidmore, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University)

2011-11-30 16:30: Polar ozone loss (Dr Neil Harris, University of Cambridge)

2012-01-25 16:30: Ice-ocean interactions in Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord (Dr Poul Christoffersen, Scott Polar Research Institute)

2012-02-01 16:30: The timing and rate of deglaciation along the north Svalbard margin (Dr Bill Austin, University of St Andrews)

2012-02-08 16:30: The central-west sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet since the LGM - the story from offshore evidence (Dr Kelly Hogan, Scott Polar Research Institute)

2012-02-22 16:30: Densification in the Greenland dry snow zone - implications for altimetry (Prof Elizabeth Morris, Scott Polar Research Insitute)

2012-02-29 16:30: Inland thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet steered along subglacial rifts (Dr Rob Bingham, University of Aberdeen)

2012-03-07 16:30: Revealing the Antarctic continent with recent aerogeophysical exploration (Dr Fausto Ferraccioli, British Antarctic Survey)

2012-03-14 16:30: Exploring radar data of ice sheets by means of numerical modelling (Dr Gwendolyn Leysinger-Vieli, University of Durham)

2012-03-21 13:00: Pleistocene and Holocene in Murchisonforden area, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. (Professor Veli-Pekka Salonen, Dept. of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki (and Visiting fellow at Clare Hall))

2012-03-21 13:45: Challenges in modeling future sea level rise from melting glaciers (Dr Valentina Radic, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada)

2012-03-28 13:00: Darker, wetter and faster: recent and projected trends of mass balance over the Greenland ice sheet and linkages to surface and sub-surface processes (Dr Marco Tedesco, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York)

2012-05-02 16:30: Sub ice volcanism, ice sheets and global change (Prof John Smellie, University of Leicester)

2012-05-09 16:30: Glaciers on Mars (Professor Bryn Hubbard, Aberystwyth University)

2012-05-16 16:30: Subglacial conditions on Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica: Results from ground-based geophysical surveys; and plans for future activities with the iSTAR Programme (Dr Andy Smith, British Antarctic Survey)

2012-05-23 16:30: Double bill: "Monitoring Arctic water bodies using active microwave data" / "Airborne glacier geophysics in Greenland" (Anna-Maria Trofaier & Dr Steven Palmer, Scott Polar Research Institute.)

2012-05-30 16:30: Microbial activity beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet: impacts beyond the ice margin? (Dr Jemma Wadham, University of Bristol)

2012-06-06 16:30: Double bill: Modelling the evolution of supra-glacial lakes in the Russell glacier region of the Greenland Ice Sheet / IMBIE - Ice sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (Amber Leeson & Dr Kate Briggs, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds)

2012-06-12 16:30: Robert Falcon Scott: the Tasmanian links and an appreciation. (Professor Pat Quilty, University of Tasmania)

2012-10-17 16:30: Reflection seismic investigations of the Beaufort Sea margin, Arctic Ocean: Variable history of Quaternary ice-sheet advance (Christine Batchelor, SPRI)

2012-10-29 16:30:  Palaeoenvironmental records from the West Antarctic Peninsula drift sediments over the last 75 ka. (Dr Maryline Vautravers, Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge)

2012-11-28 16:30: What's going on in Greenland? (Dr Alun Hubbard, Aberystwyth University)

2013-01-16 16:30: Reproducing unexpected LGM ice-stream retreat behaviour in a dynamic numerical model of Marguerite Bay, Antarctica (Dr Stewart Jamieson, Durham University)

2013-01-30 16:30: Glacial landsystems: modern polar and alpine analogues for Quaternary palaeoglaciology (Professor David Evans, Durham University)

2013-02-27 16:30: Early East Antarctic Ice Sheet Growth Recorded in the Landscape of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (Dr Kathryn Rose, British Antarctic Survey)

2013-03-13 16:30: Sea Ice Research at Finnish Meteorological Institute – from Ice Charts to Climate Studies (Dr Eero Rinne, Finnish Meteorological Institute)

2013-04-24 16:30: Unveiling the glacial and landscape evolution of West Antarctica: subglacial insights from ice-penetrating radar and satellite imagery (Dr Neil Ross, Newcastle University)

2013-05-08 16:30: Using sediment archives from glacial fjords to reconstruct past glacier and ocean variability (Dr Camilla Andresen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

2013-05-22 16:30: Glacier outburst floods: spatial and temporal evolution (Dr Jonathan Carrivick, Leeds University)

2013-06-05 16:30: Remote sensing of Greenland tidewater glaciers (Dr Suzanne Bevan, Swansea University)

2013-06-12 16:30: The ‘fingerprint’ left by icebergs that plough through sediment: Glacial Lake Agassiz, Manitoba, Canada (Dr Lorna Linch, University of Brighton)

2013-10-16 16:30: Predicting subglacial lake locations and meltwater drainage pathways in Antarctica, Greenland and North America  (Stephen J. Livingstone (University of Sheffield))

2013-10-30 16:30: Antarctic elevation change from satellite radar altimetry (Malcolm McMillan (University of Leeds))

2013-11-14 16:30: Ice sheets, glaciers and sea-level rise: a perspective from the 5th Assessment Report by the IPCC (David G. Vaughan (British Antarctic Survey))

2013-11-27 16:30: Are Karakoram glacier surges linked with climate? (Duncan Quincey (University of Leeds))

2014-01-29 16:30: Dark Snow in Greenland (Jason Box (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland))

2014-02-12 16:30: The glaciation of the Antarctic Peninsula: a journey through time (Neil Glasser (Aberystwyth University))

2014-02-26 16:30: Are rapid ice losses in Greenland caused by atmosphere or ocean? (Poul Christoffersen (Scott Polar Research Insitute))

2014-03-12 16:30: Patterned ground stories: wars, disasters and ice sheets (Hamish Pritchard (British Antarctic Survey))

2014-04-23 16:30: The pressure melting point of ice and Jakobshavn Isbrae's fast flow (Dr Mauro Werder, University of Bristol)

2014-05-08 16:30: The martian Cryosphere: there’s more ice than we thought! (Susan Conway)

2014-10-15 16:30: The Importance to Solar-Terrestrial Physics of Amundsen’s and Scott’s Conjugate Observations of the Earth’s Magnetic Field (Alv Egeland (Department of Physics, University of Oslo))

2014-10-29 16:30: Supraglacial lake drainage and ice flow acceleration in Greenland (Sam Doyle (University of Aberystwyth))

2014-11-05 13:00: Arctic fieldwork in 2014 by SPRI staff and students (Poul Christoffersen, Ciaran Robb, Nick Toberg, Tun Jan Young, and more ...)

2014-11-12 13:00: Frequency and triggers of huge underwater landslides - and their relationship to climate change and sediment delivery from ice streams (Peter Talling (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton))

2014-11-19 13:00: Antarctic fieldwork in 2014 by SPRI staff and students (Christine Batchelor, Craig Stewart, and more ...)

2014-11-26 16:30: Assessing the vulnerability of the Weddell Sea sector of West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future changes (Martin Siegert (Imperial College))

2014-12-03 13:00: TBC (Speaker to be confirmed)

2015-01-28 16:30: Controls on the stability of Greenland’s tidewater glaciers: the impact of runoff on fjord circulation and termini melt rates (Tom Cowton (University of Sheffield))

2015-02-11 16:30: The last ten years of glacier observation in the Karakoram (Christoph Mayer (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities))

2015-02-25 16:30: Seismic survey considerations in glaciology (Coen Hodstede (Alfred Wegener Institute))

2015-03-19 16:30: Marine terminating glaciers within Elmer/Ice: model and applications (Olivier Gagliardini (Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l’environnement))

2015-05-13 16:30: Evidence for, and implications of, a grounded ice sheet in the Central North Sea during the Pleistocene (Brice Rea (University of Aberdeen))

2015-05-27 16:30: Ice cores: development of time scales and some applications (Mai Winstrup (University of Wahington))

2015-11-04 17:00: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns: disease threats to Tasmanian Devils, frogs, koalas and woylies (Hamish McCallum, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London )

2016-03-02 16:30: Modelling ice-ocean interaction at Greenland’s tidewater glaciers (Donald Slater (University of Edinburgh))

2016-11-23 16:30: Ice shelf-ocean interactions: self-organisation and instability (Daniel Goldberg (University of Edinburgh))

2017-03-01 16:30: Submarine canyons in polar and temperate margins: shaping mechanisms and long-term evolution (Dr. David Amblas, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)

2017-03-15 16:30: Controls on the rapid drainage of supraglacial lakes (Dr. Jerome A. Neufeld, Department of Earth Sciences & DAMTP, University of Cambridge)

2017-10-18 16:30: What lies beneath: a radio-glaciological study of Greenland. (Mr Michael Cooper)

2017-11-15 16:30: Remote sensing of melt and fracture on Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica (Dr Suzanne Bevan)

2017-11-29 16:30: Geophysical observations on Larsen C Ice Shelf: characterising stability after Iceberg A68 (Dr Adam Booth)

2018-01-10 13:00: SPRI fieldwork in East Antarctica 2017/18 (Tun Jan Young)

2018-01-31 16:30: Surface meltwater on the polar ice sheets under a changing climate (Amber Leeson, University of Lancaster)

2018-02-14 16:30: Modelling seasonal acceleration of land terminating sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet margin (Conrad Koziol, University of Edinburgh)

2018-11-30 13:00: Cambridge UAVs in the Environmental Sciences Workshop  (Multiple Speakers)

2019-01-23 16:00: TBC (Poul Christoffersen (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-30 13:00: TBC (TBC)

2019-11-21 16:00: Title to be confirmed (Poul Christoffersen (University of Cambridge))

2019-12-05 16:00: Subglacial landscapes: Tunnel valleys in the central and northern North Sea (Dr. Margaret Stewart, Senior Scientist - Marine and Petroleum Geology, British Geological Survey.)

2020-02-06 16:00: Characteristics and changes of glaciers, rock glaciers and glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia since the 1960s (Dr. Tobias Bolch, University of St. Andrews)

2020-03-05 16:00: Hydrological networks and flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet: Overview of the RESPONDER project (Poul Christoffersen (University of Cambridge))

2020-05-13 16:00: The influence of Arctic Fog on Glaciers (Dr. Hester Jiskoot, Associate Professor of Physical Geography & Glaciology, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)

2020-05-21 16:00: Insights from mapping Greenland’s supraglacial lakes at unprecedented temporal and spatial scales (Dr. James Lea, University of Liverpool)

2024-02-29 16:00: The flow pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet reconstructed from high-resolution mapping of subglacial bedforms. (Frances Butcher, University of Sheffield )

2024-03-06 16:00: Inuit pastoralism in South Greenland: Navigating the spectrum from wild to domestic herds in an era of rapid Arctic change (Professor Bruce C. Forbes, Research Professor at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland )

2024-03-14 16:00: Adventures in Antarctica: Travelogue ad Fieldwork from Thwaites Glacier (Mark Hehlen, SPRI)

2024-10-24 16:00: Exploring Earth's snowy regions with satellites and data science (Dr Devon Dunmire, KU Leven, Belgium)

2024-10-24 16:00: Exploring Earth's snowy regions with satellites and data science  (Dr. Devon Dunmire - KU Leuven, Belgium)

2024-11-14 16:00: Confined strain response to Greenland lake drainages sets inland hydro-fracture bound (Dr Laura Stevens, University of Oxford)

2024-11-21 16:00: Linking individual ecological dynamics to the Greening of the Arctic: remote sensing as hero, villain, and redeemer (Dr Jeff Kerby, Scott Polar Research Institute)

2024-11-28 16:00: Meltwater feedbacks on ice-sheet dynamics (Professor Ian Hewitt, University of Oxford)

2024-12-05 16:00: Large herbivore ecology in Greenland - the short(est) path (ever) to bring research evidence into policy (Dr Mathilde Le Moullec, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources)

2025-02-13 16:00: The Greenland Inland Ice Sheet and its watery margins: sediments and freshwater fluxes (Prof. Nanna Karlsson, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

2025-02-27 16:00: Antarctic Atmospheric Rivers in the Present and Future Climates (Dr. Michelle Maclennan, British Antarctic Survey)

2025-03-06 17:00: West Antarctic Ice Sheet readvance in the Holocene (Dr. Jonathan Kingslake, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School)

2025-03-20 16:00: Just Ice For All: Global Ice-Thickness Inversions and Committed Ice Loss to 2050 (Dr. Samuel Cook, Friedrich-Alexander-University)

2025-05-08 16:00: Crusing the South Shetland by Sail: In Search of Archaeology and Anything Green (Jeff Kerby)

2025-05-15 16:00: Snow on the Edge: Marginal Snowpacks and Other Mediterranean Treasures (Konstantis Alexopolulos)

2025-05-22 16:00: Chasing Cracks on an Antarctic Ice Shelf (Emma Pearce)

2025-11-06 16:00: The martian cryosphere: (some of) what we know, (some of) what we don't know, and (some of) how we might get (some) more answers… (Prof Neil Arnold - SPRI)

2025-11-20 16:00: Improving the synchronization of climate records using probabilistic methods and cosmogenic radionuclides (Dr Francesco Muschitiello - Geography)

2026-02-12 16:00: Ice structure, brine infiltration, and firn saturation from field observations on three Antarctic ice shelves (Dr. Katie Miles (Lancaster University))

2026-02-19 16:00: Arctic Subsurface Ocean Change under the Climate Crisis: Long-Term CPIES Observations in the Chukchi Sea (Dr. Jae-Hun Park (Inha University))

2026-03-05 16:00: Lakes on the ice - modelling Antarctica's surface hydrology (Dr. Sammie Buzzard (Northumbria University))

2026-03-19 16:00: Ongoing Regime Shifts in Arctic and Subarctic Peatlands: A Palaeoecological Perspective (Sanna Piilo - University of Helsinki)