UPDATED- A Tour of the Svalbard Islands

Date: Friday 13 March 2020

Time: 19:30 - 21:00

Location: 

St Chad's college
St. Chads College
18 North Bailey
Durham
Durham
DH1 3RH
United Kingdom

Email: 

notheast@rmets.org

This meeting has been cancelled and is hoped to be re-scheduled for later this year.

SPEAKER| Bill Wade, Royal Met. Soc. NE Centre member

ABSTRACT| A journey around the Svalbard islands in July 2019 on a small expedition boat. There were good opportunities to view the varied wild-life and to see the effects of considerable climate warming in recent years. It included a visit to the edge of the Arctic ice-cap at around 81.30 N.