Outreach

Our research has recently been showcased at The Polar Museum as part of two special temporary exhibitions:

Walking on Thin Ice: Co-operation in the face of a changing climate 'Walking on Thin Ice: co-operation in the face of a changing climate' is an exhibition put together in collaboration with twelve teenagers. In August 2019, the co-curation team met at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) for a week of activities. They met and talked with a number of researchers studying the Polar Regions and developed their own knowledge of the issues posed by climate change. These interactions, including a lecture on the dynamic response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to climate change by project member Dr. Frazer Christie, then formed the foundations of the exhibition. With relevance to current project, this included the production and display of a short video showcasing the recent, rapid retreat of several Antarctic ice shelves as observed from space.

Scott Polar Research Institute: A Century of Polar Research The year 2020 marks 100 years since the establishment of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), and this special exhibition reflects on the inception of the institute and the research and people associated with its success over the past 100 years. In support of this exhibition, the project team have designed several displays pertaining to the monitoring of the polar regions from space, including an example of how the grounding zone can be detected from satellite imagery. This example uses data recently processed in support of the current project.

Housed within the Scott Polar Research Institute, the Polar Museum attracts around 50,000 visitors per year (excluding its website), around a third of whom are schoolchildren on educational visits.

The Polar Museum's dedicated outreach team also frequently advertise the museum and its exhibitions via social media, which has helped to maximise AntarcticGZ – alongside SPRI's other ongoing research projects – to the international audience.