The Fram/Terra Nova Centenary Event

With support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Scott Polar Research Institute and the Fram Museum in Oslo are organising a day of events to mark the 100^th anniversary of the meeting of Captain Scott's Terra Nova and Roald Amundsen's Fram in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The event will take place on 3 February 2011, at the Institute, exactly 100 years from the meeting of the two ships in Antarctica. Below is a list of topics, speakers, and tours of the Institute, which will be followed by a candle-lit dinner in Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

The cost of the event, including dinner, is £125.00. We also hope that a number of you will be able to make an equal donation in support of the Institute's Polar Museum and the Fram Museum in Oslo – this is, of course, optional.

Enquiries and bookings for the event should be directed to Kate Gilbert <kjg26@cam.ac.uk>, telephone (01223) 336541. Please note that tickets are limited.

Programme

10.00 to 10.45 – Polar Museum open

10.45 to 11.15 - Coffee

11.15 to 11.30 - Welcome by the Director of the SPRI, the Director of the Fram Museum and His Excellency the Norwegian Ambassador

11.30 to 12.45 – Environmental Change at the Poles:

• 11.30-12.00:
  Ice and environmental change in the Arctic and Antarctic - Julian Dowdeswell (Director, SPRI)
• 12.00 to 12.30
  Glacier and ice cap change in Svalbard - Jon Ove Hagen (University of Oslo)
• 12.30 to 12.45
  Question and answer on Arctic and Antarctic environmental change

12.45 to 13.30 – Buffet Lunch in the Institute

13.30 to 15.00 - The Centenary Meeting, Scott and Amundsen:

• 13.30 to 14.00
  "One cannot help liking them" - Terra Nova meets Fram - Meredith Hooper
• 14.00 to 14.30
  The Norwegian South Pole Expedition through the diaries of its crew members - Geir O. Kløver (Director, Fram Museum)
• 14.30 to 15.00
  The Legacy of Captain Scott and the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913) - David Wilson

15.15 to 15.30 - Short Break for Coffee

15.30 to 16.30 - Our polar future – geopolitics in the Arctic and Antarctic:

• 15.30 to 16.00
  The future of the Arctic Ocean - Olav Schram Stokke (Nansen Institute, Oslo)
• 16.00 to 16.30
  The future of the Antarctic Treaty - Robert Culshaw (British Antarctic Survey)

16.30 to 18.15 – Coffee and drinks available in the Foyer

16.45 to 18.15 – Tours of the Institute with refreshments available in the Foyer (4 groups of 25)

• Polar Museum
• Terra Nova Photo Albums and Documents in Old Library
• Museum Store and Conservation Laboratory (2 sub-groups of 12)
• Wilson Paintings in the Friends Room

19.15 for 19.45- Formal Dinner in Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Candle-lit four-course dinner with wines and port.