Bill will talk about leading two expeditions to Tyva, Southern Siberia, which provided scientific studies of unknown caves and karst features.
Sponsored by the Everest Foundation and the Ghar Phau Foundation he was able to identify new and important areas of interest, the largest area being in the Sengilen Mountains where vast areas of limestone bear numerous underground features.
About the speaker
Bill Thompson is from Stockport, a passionate advocate of scouting, read Industrial Chemistry at Liverpool John Moores University and runs a refrigeration and process cooling consultancy in the UK.
He has been involved with expeditions from eastern Turkey to Norway and has over 40 years of caving, climbing and mountaineering experience throughout Europe.
Booking information
- Advance booking for this event is not required.
- If you have any questions please email events@rgs.org
This event has been organised by the Northern Ireland regional committee.
Venue information
This event will be held in the Elmwood Building at Queen's University Belfast, 3A Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, BT9 3AZ.
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