Posts tagged RGS
Go Beyond with the Land Rover Bursary 2012
On Friday 18 November 2011, the ‘Go Beyond’ Bursary 2012 was officially launched at the annual Explore weekend of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). This unique bursary, run by the Society on behalf of Land Rover, is a once … Continue reading
The third guest blog post from the Glacier in a Greenhouse team
We’ve now been here for three weeks, and everyone’s research is going well, with the team spending every day collecting data from our field site. We generally leave by 9am and don’t arrive back at camp until 6.30pm, so our … Continue reading
The second guest blog from the Glacier in a Greenhouse team
Now that we are happily settled at our basecamp at Fljόtstunga and our research is well underway, we thought it an appropriate time for our second blog. We arrived in Iceland on Monday 15th August, met up with the Landy, … Continue reading
Guest blog from the Glacier in a Greenhouse team
Around three months ago, seven geography students from Durham University put together an application for the Land Rover ‘Go Beyond’ Bursary, and to be honest we were slightly sceptical about our chances, taking into account the amazing trips that this … Continue reading
Student Expedition Receives Bursary to ‘Go-Beyond’ and Study Remote Icelandic Glacier
Today, ‘Glacier in a Greenhouse’ a student-led expedition from Durham University, pick up the keys to a Land Rover Defender 110, as well as £10,000, as they prepare to set off on a month-long research trip to Iceland. Recipients of … Continue reading
