4 February 2017:
2015 SCAR Visiting Professor Dr Robert Larter has completed his exchange to Tromsø, Norway. Dr Larter is the Deputy Science Leader of the Palaeoenvironments, Ice sheets and Climate Change (PICC) team at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He was hosted at the Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, by Dr Matthias Forwick. Read the full report here.
Dr Larter was awarded the visit to Norway to mentor a new generation of marine geoscientists whose experience in the Arctic could be complemented by Dr Larters expertise in Antarctic research. To date, Norwegian researchers have conducted little geoscience research in the Antarctic and thus the visit was timely as a major new opportunity for Norwegian researchers to develop Antarctic research initiatives will emerge when their new polar research vessel, the RV Kronprins Haakon, comes into service in 2018.