Arctic Adventures in Svalbard with BSES

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Mark Hannaford

by Lucy Dickinson I have just returned from a ten week trip providing medical support to a BSES (British Schools Exploring Society) Expedition to Svalbard. BSES is a youth development charity that aims to provide young people with inspirational, challenging scientific expeditions to remote, wild environments and so develop their confidence, teamwork, leadership and spirit [...]

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Polar Medicine looks northwards

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Mark Hannaford

Our annual, and highly acclaimed Polar Medicine Training Course is due to head to northern Norway in the middle of February – if demand is as high as it has been in previous years then we suggest that you book your place soon.  Feedback from this years course included superlatives such as ‘best’ and ‘unmissable’ [...]

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A participant’s write up – Polar Medicine Training Course February 2008

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Mark Hannaford

The setting for this year’s polar medicine training course was Alta, a small settlement, 72 degrees north and well within the arctic circle. A place with a deserted high street where you would be lucky to see one other passer by every 15 minutes, easily explained by a temperature at least ten degrees below freezing [...]

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