#antarctic pavilion

[thecunnydiaries]

31st Friday

New years eve: still fast: ice closed entirely round us: weather beautifull. In the course of the day built a nice appartment on the ice and put up a Sign of the "Pilgrim of the Ocean" on one Side, with the "Pioneers of Science" on the other. At 12 PM hoisted the Union and welcomed 1842 with three hearty cheers and "hands" splice the "Main brace". Drank her Majesties health after which the Officers had a jubilee in the Pilgrim of the Ocean and both Ships companies repaired on board the Erebus and commenced dancing which was Kept up until an early hour and every thing went of with the best of good fellowship.

It was a beautifull yet dreary Sight, to See the two Ships joined on the bosom of the deep with nothing in Sight, only ice and snow and the Solitary Peterel or other Sea bird - it reminded me of Scotts "Diamond of the Desert" in the Talisman.

Campbell's notes:

C. J. Sullivan, SPRI MS 367/22. ‘the ice completely shut us up at 6 p.m. we cast out Double Anchors one over the bows, one a stern. The Terror the other side of the berg, here was a Game in the Antarctic Seas a public house Erected on the berg with all Kinds of Games a grazy [greasy] tailed pig, climbing a grazy pole, jumping in a bag.’

Davis, Letter. p. 12–13. ‘A few minutes before twelve you would have been stunned with the noise that was made, each ship trying to beat the other - blowing of horns, beating of gongs, squealing of pigs (for the men took the latter under their arms to make them make a noise), and all kinds of diabolical music - and at twelve it was increased by each ship ringing forty-two bells, which is called ringing the New Year in. We then all (I mean the officers of course) assembled at our refreshment room on the ice between the ships where the two captains soon joined us. Captain Ross was in high spirits, shaking hands with everybody and wishing them a Happy New Year. He then drank the health of all our men (for they were all up), the hands having been turned up to “Splice the main brace”. They then cheered him, and the same thing was done by Captain Crozier to the Erebus, and after more drinking and cheering we separated for the night, or morning.’

Diamond of the Desert - The story, set in the time of the Crusades, takes place during a truce between Richard I and Saladin. King Richard asked Saladin to appoint a place for a trial by combat between two crusaders and he selected the Diamond of the Desert, a spring in the Syrian desert in the vicinity of the Dead Sea. On arrival the Crusaders surmounted the line of low sand hills, and came in sight of the appointed station, where a splendid but at the same time a startling spectacle awaited them. ‘The Diamond of the Desert, so lately a solitary fountain, distinguished only amid the waste by a solitary group of palm-trees, was now the centre of an encampment, the embroidered flags and gilded ornaments of which glittered far and wide, and reflected a thousand rich tints against the setting sun. The coverings of the large pavilions were of the gayest colours, scarlet, bright yellow, pale blue, and other gaudy and gleaming hues, and the tops of their pillars, or tent-poles, were decorated with golden pomegranates and small silken flags.’ Scott, Talisman. pp. 412–3.

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Julius von Bismarck: Raumfisch, 2017

Antarctic Biennale, Antarctica | The Antarctic Pavilion, Venice, 2017

Raumfisch (Space Fish) is a site-specific performance and accompanying video work (17:30 min) in which Julius von Bismarck follows a tropical freshwater fish as it swims through the ice cold waters of the Antarctic Sea. With its tailor-made submarine, the river fish has been given the possibility to discover new, oceanic waters.

©Julius von Bismarck 2022

[3minutesstudy]

Japan pavilion to exhibit Mars meteorite at Osaka Expo

The meteorite, collected by an Antarctic research expedition in 2000, will be shown to the public for the first time at the expo.

[lindsaystravelblogs3]

Days 98 to 102

Day 98 31 August

The morning was filled with lectures, learning about Inuit archaeology and some of the insane shenanigans of the early British explorers.  In a couple of my earlier blogs, I referred to the dopey Robert Falcon Scott’s inability to make a single useful strategic decision in almost any Antarctic situation. Alas, John Franklin (his Arctic counterpart) was probably even more inept, costing himself and several hundreds of British navy-men intense deprivation, and eventually, their lives.  It is frankly mind-boggling to contemplate just how stupid he was and how gullible the Admiralty Lords were to adhere to his advice.  We were pretty much drenched in the early explorers’ exploits throughout the voyage and the ineptitude of the Brits (in particular) was frankly stunning.  One simple example was Franklin ignoring his second-in-command’s advice that they were looking at a fogbank when Franklin insisted it was an impassible mountain range. Instead of sailing a few kilometres to confirm one way or the other, he aborted the entire mission and sailed back to England and ignominy.  His 2-I-C undertook another voyage a year or two later and sailed straight through the impassable ‘mountain range’!  Notwithstanding his blatant incompetence, the Admiralty funded Franklin on hugely expensive new voyages – and then search party after search party trying to find him after he and his entire crew got lost – with the loss of every last one of the hundreds of sailors who died carrying out these pointlessly unsuccessful sorties.

In the afternoon, we visited quite a large Inuit village at Pond Inlet and were taken on a guided walk around the streets and eventually to a community centre where the locals staged a concert of dancing, drumming, singing and some quite extraordinary athletic performances.  It was all quite fascinating, and then most of us went to a art and craft display in another large building.  I chose not to go in and looked for birds instead.  Those wishing to enter the pavilion had to remove their footwear to avoid damaging the softwood floor and I decided that it was too much bother for what was purported to be inside.  A local fisherman pulled his truck up outside the pavilion and we all gaped at the two freshly harvested narwhal tusks displayed in the back of the vehicle.  It was a bit gory but the larger one was about three metres long and very impressive.  We all wanted to see some narwhals (and belugas) but few of us did.  There was a small pod of narwhals in one of the channels we traversed, but it looked like only three animals and much too far away to see even with binoculars.  A couple of people had very long telephoto lenses that allowed them to show us some enlarged pics, but nothing nearly as impressive as actually touching the tusk in the back of the truck.

Day 99 1 September

We had more historic lectures in the morning and more on-board citizen science projects as we sailed toward Cape Hay on Bylot Island.  After lunch, we piled into the zodiacs again for a cruise around some of the huge icebergs.  The sea was like glass, clear, flat and transparent, reflecting the many birds flying around.  We did another Secchi-disk drop, establishing that there was very little phyto-plankton in that part of the Arctic.

There was another historic documentary shown after dinner but we chose to retire to our cabin rather than sit up in the lecture theatre to watch it.  I think I was becoming jaded by the stories of the British stupidities and bed was clearly more attractive.

Day 100 2 September

A hundred days away from home already – it seems impossible, but it obviously was not.

We boarded the zodiacs for a walk around Dundas Harbour, but only half of us actually set foot on land.  We did, but we had only walked a hundred metres or so before the alarm was raised that a polar bear was approaching – a very long way away, but the crew were taking no chances, and we were hustled very abruptly back into the zodiacs and off to the ship again.  Unable to continue our planned shore excursion, we were feted with more episodes of Franklin's follies and failures.  Franklin and his party were long ago lost (with rumours of cannibalism among the party due to lack of supplies) and the British Admiralty funded more than thirty unsuccessful expeditions to look for him and his men over fifteen years.  Hundreds of hapless sailors were sacrificed in the search for someone who was obviously lost and dead for years before they gave up looking for him – despite the Inuits telling of their apparent fate for several years.

Over lunch, we moved from Dundas Harbour to Croker Bay where we cruised along the coast in the zodiacs.  Most of the time, we were well out to sea doing more citizen science, but we did go close to the coast to examine some of the geology at one time.  On the way back to the ship, we saw a speck of white (maybe only part of a speck) in the far distance that was determined to be another polar bear and we watched it for ages without attempting to approach any closer.  I thought it all pretty pointless because we could hardly make out that it was even an animal other than by watching the dot move slowly along the coast.  It was snowing and we were all getting very cold and wet - and unless we went much closer so we could see the bear, most of us would have preferred to be warm and comfortable on the ship.

Day 101 3 September

I was not feeling well (flu symptoms) so I decided to stay on board today.  Others went out to Beechey Island in the morning and Radstock Bay in the afternoon, but I didn’t feel I missed anything much.  Heather went out in the zodiac at Radstock Bay and came back very disgruntled.  It was bitterly cold and they saw a polar bear and cub a long way away so they simply sat still and froze in the zodiac whilst harassing the poor beasts.  They didn’t go anywhere close to the bears, but Heather said the mother bear was obviously agitated by their presence.  Notwithstanding (and contrary to Aurora's espoused good practice), they stayed and watched them for ages, almost frozen, followed by a very long cold drive back to the ship when they finally decided to leave the bears to do bear things in peace.

Day 102 4 September

I was again feeling pretty poorly so stayed on board again.  We were at Maxwell Bay in the morning and most of our fellow expeditioners (including Heather) went for a zodiac cruise along the coast, but I stayed snug and warm on the ship.  We were at sea during the afternoon and there were quite a few lectures and short talks and we attended most of them. 

We did another Cloud Observation and a Bird Survey and one minor highlight was the report that NASA had matched our Cloud Survey from a couple of days earlier – proving the value of our Citizen Science projects. Then there was a very elongated Recap session prior to dinner.

[is2daytuesday]

Antarctopia Snowflake-shaped Greenhouse, 2014  

 Antarctic Pavilion

 Exhibition Architect: Alexey Kozyr

graphic designer: Alëna Ivanova-Johanson

[ren1327]

San Japan Haul

1) Creepypasta posters- ChrisOzFulton

2) Plush by Holly Daughtrey, Teether by David Hutcherson - Antarctic Press comics

Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane and Juniji Ito's Remina - Anime Pavilion

3) Pentagram and Jack Skelton bookmarks -WildeGeeks

Metal MHA, Hellsing and Spirited Away bookmarks- ColorWorld

Kirishima Plush and Kirishima keychain - Amaris

Kirishima Necklace - Spin the wheel game

Grell (Pomegranate and Cinnamon) and Howl (Vanilla and Sandalwood) air freshener- Otaku Scents Candle Co.

4. Celeste pillow - Magister (MagisterOffical on Etsy, they were super nice)

Gimmer Pillow - Asunnydisposition

Hades, Persephone and Loki pin - Jackal and Hare art

Genderfluid and Bi paw accessories w/Ladybug and Chat Noir stickers- Deadbomb Art (so nice and sweet and made those earrings for me on the spot! 100/10!)

[architectuul]

Futurama 2024

At the 1964 New York World's Fair has General Motors exhibit an enormous scale model pavilion Futurama II. With the technical support of Walt Disney’s imagineers it offered an idealized look into how life would look like in 2024. 

An envisioned global weather station far below the Antarctic ice was one of the Futurama’s predictions for the future. | Photo via Atlantic

An all-weather port cut deep into the Antarctic ice shelf. | Photo via Atlantic

Crops thrive in soil irrigated by desalted sea water, machines operated by remote control plant and harvest the crops. | Photo via Atlantic

Futurama II was demolished and the debris removed after the end of the show, as if it had never existed. There is no public information about the architects, plans, data on construction, information about materials used for the aerodynamic form of the entrance facade. 

Graceful curves, pillared support, cinematic fenestration and white concrete shows Niemeyer’s influence, although the two never met. | Photo via © XOIO

Lifeguard Station on the German island of Rügen by Dietrich Otto and Ulrich Müther was completed in 1975. Müther was like Félix Candela fascinated by the mathematics behind concrete shells, striving for ever more precise calculations to decrease thickness and eliminate bulk. Given the lack of materials in the GDR, Müther's construction technique of applying thin layers of sprayed concrete to a wooden framework was the product of necessity.

The lifeguard Station has lost its original purpose, instead of hosting Baywatch lifeguards is now rented out for weddings. | Photo via © XOIO

The Futuro House was a product of post-war Finland, reflecting the period's faith in technology, the conquering of space, unprecedented economic growth, and an increase in leisure time. It was designed by Matti Suuronen as a ski cabin that would be quick to heat and easy to construct in rough terrain. The end result was a universally transportable home that had the ability to be mass replicated and situated in almost any environment.

About 100 pre-fabricated Future houses were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. | Photo via Rambling’ Geek

The Futuro is composed of polyester plastic and fiberglass, measuring about 3 meters high and 8 meters in diameter. By the mid 1970s the house was taken off the market, arguably due to poor marketing, but primarily due to the Oil Crisis where tripled gasoline prices made manufacture of plastic extremely expensive. 

Finnish conservator Anna-Maija Kuitunen wrote a thesis on how to repair the damage of the oldest Futuro model. | Photo via inhabitat

Transport of the Futuro House with the helicopter. | Photo via Pinterest

It is estimated that today around 50 of the original Futuro homes survive, owned mostly by private individuals. | Photo via Pinterest

The Sanzhi UFO Houses were a set of abandoned pod-shaped buildings intended as a vacation resort in a part of the northern coast adjacent to Tamsui, Taiwan. In 2010 all UFO houses have been demolished and the site is in the process of being converted to a commercial seaside resort.

The project was abandoned in 1980 due to investment losses and several car accident deaths and suicides during construction. | Photo via Flickr Cypherone

Yellow Heart was an experimental project designed by Haus-Rucker-Co in 1968. The concept evolved from the idea that a concentrated experience of space could offer a direct shift in consciousness. This led to the design and construction of a pneumatic space capsule.

The user traverses the threshold of three air rings to arrive in an inner sphere, with a transparent plastic mattress. | Photo via Ortner & Ortner

[mercerislandbooks]

Short and Sweet

There are many, many types of readers that walk through the doors of Island Books, and some of them are like me. If I am reading a new novel, and have been captured by the story, I find it nearly impossible to put down. The drive to find out what happens to the characters overrides almost everything, including sleep. I still remember reading The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye on a summer vacation, realizing it was 1am and I had at least half the book still to go. It was one of the few times I actually put the book down and finished it the next day.

Needless to say, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to be more sensible when it comes to evening reading. Lately my solution has been collections of personal essays. You can read one or two, and then put the book down for the next night.  Here are two new collections, and one old one that would be a welcome addition to most any bedside table.

The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting by Alanna Okun is ostensibly just what the title proclaims, essays on Okun’s obsession with knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and dabbling in other handcrafts. But it is also about relationships, anxiety, grief, family, and being able to start over. Knitting proves a worthy metaphor for deeper self-realization, and I enjoyed Okun’s ability to allow her experiences crafting lead her towards personal growth and honesty.

I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel, creator of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy and the podcast What Should I Read Next?, is a slim volume of charming essays on books and reading. Any reader will find themselves in the pages of this book, as Bogel chronicles her days living next-door to a library (heaven!) and uses self-deprecating humor to analyze all the ways to organize a bookshelf. I laughed through Bookworm Problems, nearly every one hitting close to home, and smiled reading Bookseller for a Day, as she neatly captured both the perceived ideal of working in a bookstore, and the actual experience.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman is a collection I first read over a decade ago. It began my love of the personal essay, and I have returned to it again and again in subsequent years. Fadiman’s essays range from the difficulties of “marrying” libraries when two readers make a home together to the joys of reading aloud to the contents of her “Odd Shelf”, books of her own particular interest in Antarctic explorers. Her love of descriptive detail welcomes the reader into her world of compulsive proofreading and competitive family trivia.

I’m sure there will still be times when I stay up much too late to finish a book (I’m looking at you Louise Penny), but in the meantime I’m on the lookout for my next book of essays to cozy up with this season.

-Lori

[architectnews]

Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26

Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes melting Antarctic ice, Norman Foster's calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon and a film screening of Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun project.

Throughout COP26, we are publishing regular updates of what's happening at the conference and surrounding events. See all our COP26 coverage here.

Arup exhibits ice cores from before the industrial revolution

Engineering studio Arup has collaborated with the British Antarctic Survey and the Royal College of Art to display Antarctic ice cores from 1765 at the Glasgow Science Centre. The cores will melt during COP26.

Named Polar Zero, the exhibition aims to demonstrate "the fragility of the Antarctic Peninsula ice" by showing the melting ice core that predates the Industrial Revolution.

Norman Foster calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon at COP26

Norman Foster has joined a growing number of architects calling for green building certifications that take embodied emissions from materials into account in order to meet net-zero carbon goals.

Speaking in a talk with US climate envoy John Kerry during the COP26 climate conference, Foster pointed out that sustainability standards such as LEED and BREEAM focus on user wellbeing and operational omissions but neglect embodied carbon.

Richard Hutten speaking at COP26 fringe today

Dutch designer Richard Hutten is set to talk about sustainable and circular design at a COP26 fringe event at Strath Union in Glasgow today. "World leaders still refuse to take serious action and they still prevail economic growth (read greed) above well-being and health and a future for our children," Hutten said.

The designer will make his presentation via Zoom. "Don't worry I'll do a live zoom, that's more sustainable than flying there:)," he wrote on Instagram.

Solar-powered electricity network to connect 140 countries

Lead by the UK and India, the One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative will aim to connect 140 countries with a solar-powered electricity network.

The network, announced at COP26, will allow countries to purchase excess power generated from solar in other countries, reducing their reliance on fossil fuels.

What Design Can Do talk today

Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do is hosting an "interactive panel" at COP26's UNFCC Pavilion today named The Power of Design – Creative solutions for climate action.

Liz McKeon, head of portfolio climate action at the IKEA Foundation and Martha Delgado Peralta, undersecretary of multilateral affairs & human rights at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of México will join What Design Can Do co-founder Richard van der Laken on the panel.

Olafur Eliasson's non-profit Little Sun film screening today

Non-profit organisation Little Sun, which was established by artist Olafur Eliasson, will broadcast a series of films at the conference today that "explore artists' dreams for a regenerative world" as part of its Fast Forward project.

The event, named How Can Art and Culture Accelerate a Just Transition?, will also include a talk with Fast Forward's curator Alex McClure.

Design for Planet Festival at V&A Dundee to coincide with COP26

The Design Council is set to host a two-day event at the Kengo Kuma-designed V&A Dundee named Design for Planet Festival to coincide with the climate conference. The two day event, which will also be screenedd online, will include talks from climate activist, Anita Okunde and UN Champion of the Earth, Leyla Acaroglu.

COP26 takes place at SEC Centre in Glasgow from 1 to 12 November 2021. See Dezeen Events Guide for all the latest information you need to know to attend the event, as well as a list of other architecture and design events taking place around the world.

The post Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26 appeared first on Dezeen.

[sparkler-trail]

[hollyhock-pavilion] spring fictional-world askmeme: it's the nearish future and there are colony planets but no FTL, so the world you're born on is the one you're stuck on unless it sends out a generation ship. Your world has land at the arctic/antarctic and the equator but none in the temperate zones, you have a choice between permaspring or living on boats/rafts/artificial island things.

I would need to be on one of the artificial islands with seasons, since the world would run out of room eventually and so there’s probably a limit to number of kids anyone could have and I’m pretty dysgenic anyway, so I would not want to permaspring, and fake islands seem like they would be pretty neat? and it would probably be better for a kid to grow up somewhere with seasons. and there’d be another chance for my kid to go to another planet if they wanted to. so as long as there wasn’t anything super-horrifying I’m not thinking of or that wasn’t mentioned, then if I could be somewhere temperate, yes!

[creativemigration]

@jasblasco is getting ready for Venice! His 📻 piece In From The Cold will be broadcasting from the Antarctic Pavilion during the Venice Biennale! Opening is on May 11th. More info soon. #antarcticbiennale #radio #art #venicebiennale (at Venice, Italy)

[itsnelkabelka]

Speech: Ocean of Truth

…the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.

Isaac Newton (1642-1747).

The ocean has been used as a metaphor throughout time. Isaac Newton, the great English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is reported to have remarked, shortly before his death:

I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in the now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

It is time for all of us to face that ocean of truth, that we need to come together to find out more about the truth of the ocean. We have perhaps all been playing on the sea shore. We now need to face up to the challenges and realities of the ocean, and to effect a ‘sea change’ in the management of the ocean in the future.

I would like to pay tribute to Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz, Environment Minister Marcelo Mena, and all in Chile, who have shown true global leadership on the agenda of Our Ocean and Bringing the Ocean and People Together. The concept of a global ocean linking us all on which we depend for our food, our livelihoods and our planet. Thank you for bringing us all together, from across the world, for this important conference.

The UK is a maritime nation, as is Chile. Much of the history, culture, and prosperity of both countries is defined by the sea. This conference is of course focussed on marine conservation and protection, but part of the challenge is that we have to collectively take that agenda forward in a world where the ocean is also vital for global prosperity and global security. For the UK 95% of our trade in goods comes across the sea and through our ports. The sea is vital for our economy. Our Royal Navy, plays a vital role in the world, in ensuring security, and protection of our peoples, enabling trade to happen in a globalised world and helping on some marine protection issues. It is also very good to see representatives of the Armada de Chile at this event, and to learn more of their important work.

The sea is something that unites us all, wherever we are in the world. As we have learnt at this conference, the ocean defines our world, occupies two thirds of our planet, ensures the air we breathe, drives the climate we live in, the food we eat and unites our common humanity. Ultimately our world depends on the sea.

But we know relatively little of the truth about the ocean. We know more of the stars in our skies – and not least due to the world leading astronomy facilities and international collaboration, here in Chile – than we know about the depths, flows and contents of our oceans.

This conference of IMPAC4 focuses on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Important and precious assets in our global ocean. It is only about understanding more about the ocean, its depths, its resources, its challenges – and our impacts on it - that we can start to understand the truth about our planet and how best to develop it and preserve it for future generations. The talks and exchange of ideas on MPAs and Global Change, MPAs and Coastal Communities, Management of MPAs, are vital in helping to develop a shared vision of the future.

All these themes are important for the UK and Global Britain. It may come as a surprise to many of you that the UK with its Overseas Territories are custodians to the fifth largest marine estate in the world. The UK has specific constitutional and legal responsibilities for the 14 Overseas Territories and a responsibility to ensure their security and good governance, through a partnership approach based on shared values and a right to self-determination. Through the Blue Belt initiative we are committed to protecting and conserving the marine environments of the UK Overseas Territories. By 2020 we are committed to protecting around 4 million square kilometres of ocean.

In 2016 the UK announced the designation of protected areas of over 444 km2 around St Helena, and 840 km2 around Pitcairn; and a commitment to designate marine protected areas around Ascension – 445 km2 by 2019 and Tristan da Cunha – 750km2 by 2020. The UK has previously declared MPAs in British Indian Ocean Territory; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; and the UK led internationally agreed MPA on the South Shelf of the South Orkney Islands through the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

Sharing ideas, experiences and developing plans for the future is an important part of this conference. It is one thing to designate MPAs. It is another to protect and preserve them. The UK has some experiences in the challenges involved, which we are keen to share, and we are also keen to learn from others. We also have some world leading science and technology and expertise in marine conservation and protection. The British presence at IMPAC4 includes some 30 scientists, technology leaders, NGOs and policy makers. Our speakers include:

CEFAS – the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is a world leader in marine science and technology, providing innovative solutions for the aquatic environment, biodiversity and food security.

MMO - The Marine Management Organisation licenses, regulates and plans marine activities in the seas around England and Wales, to ensure all activities are carried out in a sustainable way. The MMO is experienced in marine management and also has responsibility for fisheries management.

NOC – The National Oceanography Centre is one of the world’s top oceanographic institutions. It undertakes world leading research in Marine Geoscience, Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, Marine Systems Modelling, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems, and Ocean Technology and Engineering. It also includes the British Oceanographic Data Centre, the National Marine Equipment Pool – Europe’s largest fleet of autonomous and robotic vehicles and manages two state of the art research ships.

BGS – The British Geological Survey is world leading, providing science and advice to government and research to understand earth and environmental processes.

Tomorrow evening the Satellite Applications Catapult centre, will talk about some of their work to help combat illegal fishing – an economic problem and a global security problem. A number of other UK researchers and policy makers are talking in various sessions of the conference. Through the Embassy we can put you in touch with these and other organisations and experts in the UK. Come and visit the UK stand in the pavilion.

Our Government Chief Scientific Advisor will soon launch a major Foresight report on Future of the Sea. This has been the subject of wide consultation in the UK and covers the resources and economic potential of the sea; environmental issues; and governance of the sea. It is hoped it will encourage further debate and development of priorities across government on ocean and maritime issues. Areas where we hope we can develop further links with Chile.

I quoted Sir Isaac Newton at the start of this talk. Newton was one of the early Presidents of the Royal Society – the oldest learned society in the world. The Royal Society has just published an important report on Future Ocean Resources: Metal Rich Minerals and Genetics – and considering the balance of exploitation and sustainability of resources is another important issue for international consideration and collaboration. Our international science collaboration fund is called the Newton Fund, through which we have developed a number of collaborations with Chile, and we look forward to working in future partnerships to tackle global challenges.

Shakespeare in The Tempest coined the phrase of ‘sea change’. All of us in the tempest of this changing world need to collaborate together on the challenges of the ocean, marine protection and conservation and encourage a sea change to discover that great ocean of truth for our future world.

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[filmingtheodyssey]

Alexander Ponomarev: Concordia is at the Antarctic Pavilion, Venice until November 22.

"We are interested in the concept of transnational community. Antarctica is the closest thing to an existing political utopia that we have on this planet. Antarctica is liberation."

[oddepia]

Antarctic Pavilion Artists Had to Downsize Venice Outing to Make Room for Organizer’s Own Work The Antarctic Biennale, a 12-day expedition to Antarctica for a select group of artists, curators, and scientists, already received scrutiny last year when a key curator resigned from her role, largely due to a lack of communication and an inaccurate representation of the project. In addition to the journey to ... Read entire story. Source: artnet News

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extremely accurate (at The Antarctic Pavilion)

[trinityhallcamb]

65 years and still going strong

By Bob Ely (1950)

Photo: (l-r) Chris Angus, Bob Ely and Colin Hayes

I arrived at the Old House from the Army, National Service. We felt it an advantage to have that bit of maturity and get more out of university. I needed a grant to afford it and got it from my Higher School Certificate results from East Suffolk CC. Fees paid and £225 a year for living! When I said I thought it very generous the Education Officer said, “Mr Ely, we are sending you to Cambridge not a technical college. There will be extracurricular activities, which you will enjoy but which all cost money. Besides, you may wish to keep a bottle of sherry on you sideboard for visitors to your rooms!” What a true concept of education.

As now, it was a small college and thus more intimate than some of our mighty neighbours and more friendly. No ladies of course, so we marched across the court in our dressing gowns to the baths and loos and those of us on higher floors agreed to pee in the sink! We all shared rooms. A few years back I stayed in College, before refurbishment, and was asked what I thought of my room, “fine” I said. “Not a bit primitive?” And then I realised my standards were marginally out of date.

Some famous characters there were. Daddy Dean the Master who called himself an anachronism; Lancelot Fleming, Antarctic explorer and later Bishop of Norwich like our Founder; Tony Tremlett, Chaplain and also later in the same Bishopric! His rooms were a constant source of Nescafé and conversation for all and sundry; and J W C Turner the world’s leading criminal lawyer and Secretary of the University Cricket Club. As  a Life Member I sat on the roof of the Pavilion at Fenners with him during matches and met many famous masters of the game, including Jack Fingleton, Richie Benaud, both Australians and our own Raman Subba Row. In those days, half the Test team were Oxbridge.

But some things have not changed. The wisteria outside my ground floor room on E staircase, punting on the river, hoards of cyclists rushing to lectures, eating in Hall. But the menus are different because those were days of pretty severe rationing! And we had to be in College by midnight and no ladies after 10pm. Girls were scarce, outnumbered 9 to 1 by men. And, contrary to some impressions, we actually worked pretty hard, though perhaps with a broader and more contemplative outlook than the modern world of headlong rush and social pressures allows.

I was a member of the Union and spoke in one debate when Greville Janner was president of the Union. The topic appealed to me and I supported the motion, “This seat of learning needs patching.”

These days I am still in touch with a couple of very old Hall friends and a delightful selection of new ones who have done me the honour of making me an Emeritus member of the THA Committee. In fact, I am still on three committees to keep me out of mischief. And two dining clubs and two lunch clubs, all in London, help keep me in touch with the world. They all help take up my day as does catering for myself and playing croquet with my fellow residents in our supported living complex; a wonderful and beautiful setting for those us of mature years. We are 28 in all; nine nonagenarians and a lady aged 105! I also run an annual lunch for my year with great help from the office.

So you can imagine how I look forward to the THA autumn dinner where I meet so many friends and enjoy greatly the cross generational contact that is so typical of our College.

It’s more than worth the effort of a four hour journey each way and I warmly commend it to all. You will meet so any people who are not strangers but merely, as the Irish put it, friends that you have not met before! www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/alumni/events

Bob Ely (1950) has been an active member of the Trinity Hall community for over 65 years. He arrived as a student in 1950 and has since volunteered as a Year Rep and member of the Trinity Hall Association, arranging events and keeping alumni connected with College.