Arctic 22 - Live Polar Exploration Events

On the 26th May Antony Jinman gave a presentation to pupils about his next Expedition - Arctic Quest 22 where he will travel to Svalbard, which is in between Norway and the North Pole.

Click below to watch specific sections of the event:

1. Introduction

2. Welcome from Antony and explanation about the Arctic Quest 22 Expedition

3. How will you get to Salvbard?

4. What equipment will you need?

5.How will you cook?

6. How will you study climate change on the expedition?

7. What is the midnight sun?

8. What is life like on Salvbard?

9. What is the Seed Vault?

10. Will you meet Polar Bears and how will you cope?

11. What other wildlife might you meet?

12.What is is like to experience a hurricane in a polar region?

13. Can anyone become an explorer?

On the 17th October Antony Jinman gave a presentation to pupils about his most recent Expedition - Arctic Quest 22 where he travelled to Svalbard, which is in between Norway and the North Pole and also about his time this summer in Greenland.

Click below to watch specific sections of the event:

1. Introduction to the session

2. Introduction from Antony Jinman about his latest expedition - Where did you go?

3. What does the arctic look like where you visited? - Land and Sea including icebergs

4. What do icebergs look like at night?

5. Visiting an Inuit Community

6. Did you see any wildlife?

7. Travelling through the Northwest Passage

8. The disastrous Franklin expedition and the LGfL flag in the Arctic

9. Have you ever suffered from frostbite?

10. What speed to glaciers travel?

    • Link Gloopy Glacier activity

11. What food do you eat when you are on a polar expedition?

12. How cold can it really get when on a polar expedition? what does it really feel like to be really cold?

13. How did you become a polar explore? Can anyone become an explorer?

14. How do you go to the toilet in Polar regions?

15. What have you discovered on your polar expeditions?

16. Did you ever want to turn around and want to go home?

17. How did you feel when you reached the North and South pole?

    • Link to video about reaching the North Pole

18. Can you speak Inuit?