resilience | Challenging Habitat

The Antarctic Quest 21 expedition I’m supporting as scientific advisor has been beset by most arduous weather conditions – storms alternating with snow blizzards and zero visibility…

Nevertheless, the team are in good spirit and ingenious in repairing the damage to their tents and kit – rising to each challenge with the resilience and team spirit any team anywhere aspires to.

If you have an hour to spare, watch the zoom record of their Shackleton commemoration, tales from the ice and thanks to sponsors and patrons…

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Posted on January 7, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, resilience, Science

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As eight explorers turn their backs to the departing ship, they know that for the next six weeks, the team are totally self-reliant.

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Posted on December 17, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, learning, resilience, Science

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Today LikeToBe launched the Antartic Quest 21 School Outreach Programme. Members of the expedition team introduced the expedition and answered questions of school kids from as far away as South Africa. We covered everything from expedition food rations and equipment to how the team’s training ahead of and the scientific projects carried out during the expedition.

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Posted on November 2, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, education, learning, resilience, Science

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As the tall ship Pelican of London makes her way down the English Channel to the edge of the continent and across the Atlantic, the young Ocean College students are introduced to a game that involves transferring a cupful of water from plate to plate balanced on the heads of a line of participants.

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Posted on October 20, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

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Introducing resilience education into the curriculum of an undergraduate degree course at a higher education institution in the UK is a challenge for a scientist with expertise in geochemistry, and it can be a lonely obstacle course.

An Expedition beset by Gruelling Weather Conditions…

Alone with the Elements!

Antarctic Quest 21 School Outreach

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Resilience Training in Higher Education

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