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

  Local RGS-IBG contact: John Leonard CBE   jp.leonard@btinternet.com and  +44 (0)1962 886380

When tickets are required in advance, please enclose s.a.e. and make cheques payable to 'RGS-IBG'

Ice-age megafloods in the Altai mountains of Siberia

Professor Paul Carling

• Wednesday 8 February 2012 at 7.30pm
• Lecture (Southampton)

At the end of the last ice-age, massive glacierdammed lakes formed.When they drained they  caused exceptional ‘megafloods’which shaped distinctive Siberian landscapes. Paul Carling will interpret these changes.

Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Shackleton Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ (Use South Entrance).

Tickets: Free to members of the University and to RGS-IBG members (and one guest). Non-members £5 on the door. Contact: Professor Steve Darby, School of Geography, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ. Email s.e.darby@soton.ac.uk.

Explore!

Paul Rose

• Tuesday 28 February 2012 at 8pm
• Regional Theatres Programme (Southampton)

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: Turner Sims Southampton, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ.

Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £12 (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)23 8059 5151.

Melting ice – rising sea: Antarctic climate change and the environment

Professor Colin Summerhayes

• Wednesday 14 March 2012 at 6pm
• Lecture (Portsmouth)

The melting of land ice in both Antarctica and Greenland is causing ever-increasing rises to global sea levels. Colin Summerhayes describes the vital importance of predicting and measuring these changes accurately. Joint lecture with the University of Portsmouth.

Venue: Portland Building, University of Portsmouth, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3AH.

Tickets: Email events@port.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)23 9284 3757 to reserve a free place for this Public Series event.

In the footsteps of Mallory and Irvine

Roger Smith

• Thursday 26 January 2012 at 7pm
• Lecture (Winchester)

Mountaineering biologist Roger Smith tells the story of when he retraced the route taken by those early pioneers to Everest.Whilst much has changed, the extreme challenges they faced remain.

Venue: Winchester College Science CentreTheatre, Kingsgate Road, Winchester, SO23 9PG.

Tickets: Lecture tickets free to RGS-IBG members (and one guest) and members of the school. Non-members £5. Space will be restricted so advance booking is advisable. Apply to John Leonard (see contact details above).