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Be Inspired: Unarticulated narratives of women on David Livingstone’s Expeditions - Kate Simpson
Kate explores the RGS-IBG’s digital library to identify the African women in the expeditions of David Livingstone
Behind the line: two weeks in North Korea - Sir Michael Palin
Hear how Michael and his team overcame the difficulties to make a documentary series in one of the least visited countries in the world.
Stop the plastic tide - Catherine Gemmell
Learn about what we can all do to help save the sea no matter where we live.
Living and working in Antarctica - Dr Kate Winter
Kate is passionate about outreach and engagement and is an advocate of zero-emission living - even at the poles.
Swimming with giants! - Dr Isla Hodgson
Get your snorkel gear at the ready and come on an adventure into the North Atlantic Ocean!
Scott's Antarctic Odyssey - Joanna Grochowicz
The focus is Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition which relied on the support of the Royal Geographical Society.
Where the animals go - James Cheshire
Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants, otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world.
John Forrest: the British Empire and the ‘Empty Spaces’ of the World - Professor Robert Fletcher
In 1874, John Forrest led an expedition on a 2,700 mile crossing of Australia’s Western Desert.
Getting to net-zero: what can nature do? - Professor Gideon Henderson
DEFRA’s Chief Scientific Adviser explains how this can be done.
The Living Mountain: panel discussion
We delve into this masterpiece of nature writing where Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland.
Climate change and you
We discuss the risks to the UK of a world that’s three degrees warmer, as well as how we can adapt in response.
Revisiting rewilding - John Harold
Rewilding: it’s a popular word and it probably isn’t going away. But what does it really mean?