Explorations Speaker Dr. Bernard Stonehouse
Dr. Bernard Stonehouse served in the Royal Navy in World War II, then spent three years in Antarctica as meteorologist, pilot, dog-sledger, surveyor and biologist. After reading zoology and geology at University College, London, he lived for two summers and a winter with king penguins on South Georgia - a study toward MA and DPhil degrees of Oxford University. He has since spent many summers in both the Arctic and Antarctic, leading university-based research expeditions to study marine mammals and birds, including most recently the impacts of tourism on polar flora and fauna. He has held university appointments in New Zealand, Canada and Britain, and served in Antarctica with British, New Zealand, US, Argentine, German, French and Polish expeditions. He has received the Polar Medal for services in Antarctica, the Union Medal of the British Ornithologists' Union for long-term research on seabirds, the Voyce Trophy of the New Zealand Antarctic Society for conservation research in Antarctica, and was recently awarded an honorary Doctorate in Science by the University of Hull, for lifetime achievements in research and teaching. He holds honorary appointments in the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, and the Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull.
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