Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Dr Joanne Johnson (Geochemist at British Antarctic Survey), Dr Ines Otosaka (Co-Director of Science at Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), and Lecturer at Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University), Professor Michael Bentley (Professor at Department of Geography, Durham University), and Professor Ian Willis (Professor of Glaciology at Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Plimsoll Productions, and BBC Studios The Natural History Unit

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Noble Caledonia Ltd, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, Dr Christy Hehir (Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at University of Surrey), and International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO)

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Dr Susie Grant (Chief Officer, UK, Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System at SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research), and Marine Biogeographer at British Antarctic Survey), Dr Oliver Hogg (Senior Ocean Scientist at Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)), and WWF UK

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Professor Klaus Dodds (Executive Dean for the School of Life Sciences and Environment at Royal Holloway, University of London), Dr Adrian Howkins (Reader in Environmental History at University of Bristol), and Dr Daniela Portello Sampaio (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Alfred Wegener Institute)

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Dr Tom Hart (Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University), British Antarctic Survey, and British Antarctic Survey

Inquiry The UK and the Antarctic Environment

Witnesses Professor Anna Hogg (Associate Professor at School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds), British Antarctic Survey, University of Exeter, and UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnerships Committee, and Professor Karen Heywood OBE FRS (Professor at School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia)

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, and NERC Arctic Office at the British Antarctic Survey

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Arctic Frontiers, Professor Andrew Shepherd (Head of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University, and Director at Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling), Dr James Lea (Reader, Geography and Planning at University of Liverpool), and BIOPOLE

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Maritime London, UK Fisheries Ltd, and UK Fisheries Ltd

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Dr Duncan Depledge (Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security at Loughborough University), and Professor Basil Germond (Professor of International Security at Lancaster University)

Inquiry The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses Professor Terry Callaghan CMG (Professor of Arctic Ecology at School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield), Professor Mark Brandon MBE (Associate Dean and Director of STEM Research, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University), Professor Michael Bravo (Professor of the History and Geography of Science at University of Cambridge), and Met Office