Student Work Placement
In March 2012 ERA provided University of Manchester graduate student Elizabeth Murphy a work placement opportunity to gain experience in the field of environmental planning and GIS. Lizzie is completing a Masters in Geographical Information Science and is spending three weeks at ERA. Her task is to build a GIS database from environmental records supplied by Antarctica New Zealand, and then produce maps showing the distirbution of incidents and installations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land. A second project is using GIS to map usage levels in the Dry Valleys based on data from helicopter operations schedules, with the objective of highlighting pressures related to human activities being conducted in the area. A training exercise in geodetic GPS surveying will also be carried out in nearby Hayley Wood, an ancient woodland famous for its spring display of bluebells!
Graduate research projects
Ph.D. research in environmental studies, University of Cambridge, completed in 2006.
"Development of a Marine Protected Area System for Antarctica"
Dr Susie Grant, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Now based at the British Antarctic Survey).
Co-supervised by Dr Colin Harris and Prof Andrew Clarke (Biological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey).
MPhil in Polar Studies dissertation, University of Cambridge, completed in 2002:
"Linked changes in prey availability and population structure: using Antarctic predators to sample marine systems".
Sarah Robinson, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Now working at the Edinburgh Zoo).
Co-supervised by Dr Colin Harris and Dr Keith Reid (Biological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey).
Teaching
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Lecture at the Scott Polar Research Institute entitled "Protection & management of Antarctica - are we doing enough?" Colin Harris, December 2006.
Colin Harris coordinated the Environmental Management Strand of the MPhil in Polar Studies in 2001-02.
