The artists Susie Hamilton, Naja Abelsen and Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin discuss their exhibition which explores Inuit culture, environmental concerns, and the Arctic expeditions undertaken by their forefathers in Greenland, inspired by the Society’s archives, NIRS residency and workshops in Greenland.
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Exploring the explorers’ maps
This talk will discuss explorers’ maps with an especial emphasis on the collaborative effort that goes into creating them, an effort that often included Indigenous peoples. It asks what stories we can and should tell with explorers’ maps? Part of the Explore festival.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)Open to allMonday 28 October 2024 - Lecture
Accelerating loss of Alaskan glaciers
The retreat of Alaskan glaciers is expected to be the main contributor to rising global sea levels before 2100. Hear evidence on recent increases in thinning, fragmentation and melting, involving the specific geography of Alaska's icefields. An irreversible tipping point is getting nearer.
YorkOpen to allTuesday 29 October 2024 - Lecture
The ship beneath the ice: the discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
Mensun Bound will share the story of the search and discovery of Endurance, Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic expedition ship, one of the most famous wrecks in history, lost beneath the ice in 1915.
Open to allWednesday 30 October 2024