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| Arthur's Seat with foreground heather |
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| View of Edinburgh Castle from Holyrood Park |
Four members of G097 attended the 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES XI) in Edinburgh, Scotland, in July 2011. WE welcomed new team mate Tim Ivanic, and HE welcomed us to Edinburgh, where previously he was a student at University of Edinburgh. Seeing that we have a Canadian in our crowd --Chris Yakymchuk-- it only was sensible to conduct our 2011-12 planning meeting at the Duddingston Pub, due to the fact that it is situated by the "wee loch" where the sport of Curling originated! (A Canadian mainstay.) Results of new analytical work at Curtin University/Perth and Australian National University (with colleague Mark Fanning), and new map preparation at Polar Geospatial Center/U. Minnesota, poured forth in two talks and three poster presentations from our group. Other forms of "pours" came from the heavens (torrential rains on first days of ISAES), from the Glenkitchie distillery (considering his company, Chris Y. felt obligated to advance his education on an ISAES-sponsored excursion to same), from local establishments that inspired deep geological discussions, and in
sound, from the world premiere of
Black Snow / Bliadhnaan t-Sneachd Dhuibh, a part of Environmental Dialogues in Edinburgh.
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| The Geologists: Christine Siddoway, Tim Ivanic, Fawna Korhonen, and Chris Yakymchuk (not pictured: Mike Brown). The loch --birthplace of Curling -- is in view behind. |
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| The most-historic Duddingston Pub |
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| Plates of haggis, 'nips, and tatties. |
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| CYAK in "the position upon the loch. Hurry hard! |
