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Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.

 

 

 

ConferenceCrew from the Transglobe Expedition standing in the Arctic and posing with the Benjamin Bowring ship.

Ran's globe: a tribute to the Transglobe Expedition

Join us for a day of special events, including the official launch of the Ran and Ginny Fiennes grant. These events will honour the extraordinary achievements of the Transglobe Expedition and help raise funds to ensure that future explorers can continue to make a meaningful impact through their work.

£5.00 - £150.00

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Non-Society event

Arabia Phoenix: a journey through time

Visit the Arabia Phoenix exhibition, part of a series of Arabian exploration, which looks at vision, change and growth in the past century.

Exhibition

Earth Photo: Dalby Forest

See a stunning selection of the shortlisted images which stimulate conversations about our world.

Lecture

A very British success story: the unique history and evolution of the Ordnance Survey

Clive Boocock will talk about the origins, evolution and publications of the OS, covering stories from more than 230 years since its founding.

£0.00 - £2.00
Webinar

Use geography: careers in teaching

Discover opportunities for starting your career in teaching geography and learn how you can use your geographic knowledge to inspire and educate students at various educational levels.

Transglobe Expedition

The science of the Transglobe Expedition

Learn more of the scientific outputs from the first expedition to make a longitudinal circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport.

£5.00 - £7.00
Conference

Ran's globe: a tribute to the Transglobe Expedition

Join us for a day of special events, including the official launch of the Ran and Ginny Fiennes grant. These events will honour the extraordinary achievements of the Transglobe Expedition and help raise funds to ensure that future explorers can continue to make a meaningful impact through their work.

£5.00 - £150.00
Transglobe Expedition

Transglobe Expedition reunion tea party

Join members of the expedition to enjoy informal tea and cake in the Main Hall and afterwards explore the Director’s Gallery exhibition.

£8.00 - £10.00
Transglobe Expedition

To the ends of the Earth

A screening of the classic 1983 documentary sharing the incredible story of the 1979-1982 Transglobe Expedition, an unprecedented human endeavour: the first north-south circumnavigation of the Earth without leaving its surface, narrated by Richard Burton.

£8.00 - £10.00
Transglobe Expedition

Transglobe Expedition drinks reception

Meet and mingle with friends old and new in the convivial Main Hall at the Society to celebrate the achievements and legacy of the Transglobe Expedition Trust.

£12.00 - £15.00
Transglobe Expedition

Tribute evening to Ran and Ginny Fiennes and the Transglobe Expedition

Join a panel of distinguished speakers and past grant beneficiaries together with members of the Transglobe Expedition alongside other leading figures from the world of expeditioning for an evening of entertaining conversation and reflection to celebrate the official launch of the Ran and Ginny Fiennes grant in support of emerging travellers.

£5.00 - £12.00
Social

Transglobe Expedition gala dinner

Enjoy a gala dinner and help us raise funds to continue the Transglobe Expedition Trust’s legacy by ensuring that future awards which support travel with purpose will be presented in the name of Ran and Ginny Fiennes long into the future.

£125.00 - £150.00
Workshop

Teach with GIS: getting started with ArcGIS

This CPD event is for teachers with little or no previous GIS experience.

£14.00 - £21.00