April, 2013 | Mallemaroking

Mark Brandon • April 25, 2013

In March 2013 I was delighted to be asked to give a talk at TEDx Southampton.

This is what I talked about: What the poles are telling us about our world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJNqBe2mUo

It was brilliant to be asked to speak, and really enjoyed the fantastically well organized day. Many thanks to the hardworking large team who put it together, and in particularly James Dyke,Alison Simmance and Jonathan Akass.

On the TEDx Southampton YouTube channel for the event are some amazing talks from that day.

Posted in Science. Tags: Antarctic, antarctica, Arctic, climate change, polar on April 25, 2013 by Mark Brandon. Mark Brandon • April 17, 2013

I was reading my copy of Nansen’s Farthest North the other day and came across a discussion of The Jeannette Expedition which was led by Lt. Cmdr. George DeLong. Nansen wrote

I wondered if people knew what a water sky was?

…continue reading →

Posted in At sea, Science. Tags: Antarctic, Arctic, polar, sea ice, water sky on April 17, 2013 by Mark Brandon.