Unless stated otherwise, events in this region are organised by the Society’s South West Regional Committee.

 Local Society contact: Derry Corey
 +44 (0)1752 703354.

For ticketed events, please enclose a self addressed envelope (SAE) and make cheques payable to RGS-IBG SW Region.

Explore!

Paul Rose

• Thursday 2 February 2012 at 7.45pm
• Regional Theatres Programme (Taunton)

BBC presenter Paul Rose talks about a lifetime of remarkable adventures from Antarctica to Everest via the planet’s last true remaining wilderness – her vast oceans.

Venue: The Brewhouse Theatre, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA11JL.

Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £11 (quote membership number). Telephone +44 (0)18 2328 3244.

Russia and its satellites – from 1981 to 2011

Alan Bennett

• Tuesday 21 February 2012 at 7pm
• Illustrated Lecture (Okehampton)

Alan Bennett’s ramble discovers art and architecture, both historic and modern, Great Patriotic War monuments and abandoned military hardware, local people’s hospitality and lifestyles: and he finds time to climb mountains.

Venue: Betty Cottles, Graddon Cross, Okehampton, EX20 4LR. Meal afterwards at Betty Cottles, book with Derry Corey, telephone +44 (0)17 5270 3354.

The role of geography in conservation

Professor Heather Viles

• Tuesday 6 March 2012 at 7pm
• Lecture (Newton Abbot)

Our physical and cultural world is threatened by human activities. HeatherViles, Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation at Oxford University, shows how geographers around the world find solutions to problems of conservation.

Venue: Stover School, on A382 (from A38 towards Newton Abbot TQ12 6QG). Meal afterwards at Claycutters Arms, Chudleigh Knighton,TQ13 0EY.

Tickets: Book with Pat Wilson. Organisers: Pat Wilson, telephone +44 (0)16 2677 2506; and Liz Creates, Stover School.

Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics and sea level predictions

Dr Anne Le Brocq

• Tuesday 24 January 2012 at 7pm
• Lecture (Plymouth)

Anne Le Brocq will explain the ice flow in Antarctica, describing fieldwork, modeling and satellite data; how the Ice Sheet responds to atmospheric and oceanic factors, as well as internal factors crucial in predicting sea level.

Venue: University College Plymouth, Marjon, Derriford, north Plymouth, PL6 8BH. Meal afterwards at Fishbone Restaurant, Future Inn nearby.

Tickets: Book with Derry Corey, telephone +44 (0)17 5270 3354.