This is an activity report for AntarcticGlaciers.org in the 12 months to July 2026. This information may be useful for those thinking about online science communication websites. See also: Highlights In total, since inception in 2012, I estimate that the website has had over 6.4 million page views. In the year to end of July […]
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Here is an activity report for AntarcticGlaciers.org in the 12 months from May 2024-May 2025. The information here may be useful for others thinking about online science communication websites. See also the Activity report for 2023. Highlights In total, since inception in 2012, I estimate that the website has had over 5.65 million page views.
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Day 2 Today is another day in the office. On office days I’m usually busy with meetings, teaching, emails and administration. I try and keep a couple of days clear a week for more thoughtful work, and try and work from home, but it’s not always possible. 0800: I’m in the office bright and early,
Day 1 This is an example of one typical day at work for a mid-career academic. This semester I’m teaching a couple of undergraduate courses, a postgraduate course, and teaching a field class abroad. I’m supervising 5 PhD students and 1 MRes student, and am currently Director of Research and REF2029 lead for the Department
Dear readers, I felt that it was an appropriate time for a brief report on users of AntarcticGlaciers in the last year. This deep dive into Google Analytics helps me and my colleagues to see where the traffic comes from, and how best to target the traffic to ensure the peak usability. It is useful
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We are delighted to announce that our Antarctica StoryMap Series has been awarded a Silver Publishers’ Award by the Geographical Association! The award ceremony was on 11th April 2022 and StoryMap authors Laura Boyall and Chloe Trimmer were able to attend in person to receive the award, with Bethan Davies and Jen Thornton joining in
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Science communication is increasingly important for environmental scientists, and the digital realm offers great opportunity. How can we maximise it? Recently, I joined a seminar hosted by the British Society for Geomorphology where I discussed how we can provide effective outreach and public engagement resources in the digital format. I gave a keynote talk, where
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As science communicators and educators, it can be difficult to evaluate exactly what are the key messages to communicate. The Polar Literacy Initiative (website: polar-ice.org) has done a great job in highlighting the seven key principles about polar regions that we should aim to communicate. These are the ‘big ideas’ that the general public should
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On 14th July 2020 I gave a public webinar, kindly hosted by SedsOnline. The talk covered glaciers and climate change, before outlining how this website aligns with post-16 curriculum and highlighting some other excellent resources for teaching glacial environments. You can watch the whole talk below.
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The AntarcticGlaciers team is absolutely delighted to announce that this website has been awarded: Curry Fund Certificate of Excellence in Geological Education.
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