Coming up:

Explore!

Paul Rose

• Wednesday 15 February 2012 at 7.30pm
• Regional Theatres Programme (Brecon)

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: Theatr Brycheiniog, CanalWharf, Brecon, LD3 7EW.

Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £8.50 plus 50p booking fee (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)18 7461 1622.

The Stromboli volcano: tourism and traditions

Dr Simon Jones

• Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 7.30pm
• Lecture (Cheltenham)

Stromboli is the world’s most active volcano. Recent eruptions have generated tsunamis and focused attention on the threat to Sicily and mainland Italy. This lecture explores ancient traditions, through film and photography, and reviews modern tourism and research on this most famous of European volcanoes.

Venue: Room TC001 at Francis Close Hall Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham GL50 4HZ.

Tickets: Free, please email ptoms@glos.ac.uk if you would like to attend.

Size of Wales: How Wales is contributing to rain forest conservation

Danielle Johnson, Partnership Manager, Size of Wales

• Saturday 24 March 2012 at 2pm
• Lecture (Cardiff)

What have rainforests got to do with us in Wales? Danielle Johnson will describe how a compost toilet manufacturer in Powys, one of the UK’s largest accountancy firms and tourism businesses in Pembrokeshire have joined schools to help protect an area of tropical forest, quite literally, the Size of Wales.

Joint event with the National Museum Cardiff.

Venue: National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP.

Tickets: Suitable for age 12 and over. Admission free, but booking essential. To reserve your seat, please telephone +44 (0)29 2057 3148 and leave your details and number of places required.

The search for the Northwest Passage

Alasdair Macleod, Head of Enterprise and Resources, RGS-IBG

• Monday 23 January 2012 at 7.30pm
• Explore the Archives Showcase (Swindon)

Explore the history of Arctic exploration and the search for Franklin and his party, with a wide range of artefacts, prints and other items held in the Society's archive.

Venue: Liddington Village Hall, near Swindon. Ticket only event.

Tickets: £4 for non-members (cheques payable to RGS-IBG with self addressed envelope) and map from Chris Parnell, Beech House, High Street,Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0AD, telephone +44 (0)17 9379 0496.

Grand Slam

David Hempleman-Adams

• Wednesday 8 February 2012 at 5.15pm
• Lecture (Bath)