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The Welsh Ice Cap
During the last glacial maximum ~20 thousand years ago, Britain and Ireland became engulfed by a large and dynamic ice sheet. Wales played an important part, hosting its own semi-independent ice cap with accumulation centres located on Snowdonia, the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons. Ice is thought to have …
Read moreMeat Club
Meat Club was started up by my friend Colin with a simple premise - obtain a carcass, wield big knives and return home with bags of meat for the freezer. For our most recent session Colin brought back half a pig from the local butcher, with 8 of us turning …
Read moreOban to Aber
After being used to help carry out scientific research on Greenland's west coast last summer, Alun's boat Gambo was sailed across the North Atlantic and spent the winter in Oban, Scotland. The task was now to bring it down to Aberystwyth so it could go on to carry out bathymetric …
Read moreWhen glaciers attack
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_pg5gi2PI '...miraculously, no-one is killed.' The Miage Glacier, on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
Read moreDevon in bloom
Returning back to my home village in north Devon invariably feels like you're entering some kind of time-trap; nothing ever seems to vary and life plods along seemingly oblivious to the world around. However things do change - the last time I was down was at Christmas, and its amazing …
Read moreThe Prom
Think of Aberystwyth and most likely the first thing in your mind is the seafront. It's one of my favourite places in Aber, and I quite often end up walking along the promenadeto see the sun set. It was also home to The Bay - a run-down, yet popular nightclub …
Read moreCwmystwyth
Inspired by our exploration of Bwlch Glas Mine, Colin and I headed inland from Aber one sunny afternoon in search of more mines. Without any maps and just vague stories of the exploits of ACC members of yesteryear, we followed the Afon Ystwyth upstream to Cwmystwyth - the site of …
Read moreA Syrian Venture
Syria may not appear to be the ideal holiday destination at present, but this did not stop Megan, Rich, Rufus and myself heading out to visit our friend Oli in Damascus two weeks ago. A few days before we were due to leave, the Foreign Office advised against all non-essential …
Read moreBottom thickening of the EAIS
A study recently published in Science has prompted a radical rethink on how ice-sheets evolve and accumulate ice. The potential discovery of a new physical mechanism suggests that ice extensively melts and re-freezes at the base of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, enough so to change the shape and elevation …
Read moreLlangranog’s secret beach
West Wales has its fair share of beaches (Aberystwyth boasts 3), though many get overrun whenever the sun decides to show. With Megan's mum visiting, we decided to head down the coast road and explore some more locations. Megan had read about a 'hidden' cove near Llangranog, so we made …
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