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8 FEBRUARY, 7PM WILDCOAST:TRAVELS ONSOUTHAMERICA’S UNTAMEDEDGE (London City Lecture) Author John Gimlette describes his travels in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and French Guiana, which, despite 400 years of colonial history, remain some of the wildest, weirdest and most beautiful lands in South America. Venue: The Clothworkers’ Hall, London EC3R 7AH.

i Tickets: free for RGS-IBG members and one guest (please bring your membership card)

21 FEBRUARY, 6.30PM INDIGENOUSMAPPING INTHECONGOBASIN: ORIGINS,PRESENT ANDFUTURE (Lecture, London) Dr Jerome Lewis describes his work with indigenous hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin, where modern technology has helped them to regain a role in the management of their forest.

i Tickets: free for RGS-IBG members and one guest (please bring your membership card)

25 FEBRUARY, 7PM CASTLESANDCAMELS INRAJASTHAN (Lecture, Okehampton) Returning to this fascinating Indian state, Nick and Jill Hammans provide fresh impressions full of history and social contrast. Venue: Betty Cottles, Graddon Cross, Okehampton, EX20 4LR (meal afterwards at Betty Cottles)

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9 FEBRUARY, 5.15PM THEHEARTOFTHE GREATALONE (Lecture, Bath) Having completed the adventurers’ ‘grand slam’ of peaks and poles, few are better qualified to take us through the many unseen and remarkable photographs of the Shackleton and Scott expeditions from the Royal Collections than David HemplemanAdams. Venue: Bath University Lecture Theatre 8, West 1.1, Claverton Campus, Bath BA2 7AY.

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24 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM BIG5KAYAKCHALLENGE (Lecture, Norwich) Richard Harpham, founder of the Big 5 Kayak Challenge, will talk about his experiences kayaking some 3,500 kilometres across North America, including seeing glaciers and ice floes, completing open sea crossings, and encountering wildlife such as wolves, whales, bears and moose. Venue: Kent Room, Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RQ

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28 FEBRUARY, 6.30PM BRITAINFROMTHEAIR (Lecture, London) The Society’s director, Dr Rita Gardner, celebrates Britain’s rich geography and history through the stunningly beautiful and evocative aerial images that feature in the Society’s latest national street gallery exhibition, Britain from the Air.

i Tickets: free for RGS-IBG members and one guest (please bring your membership card)

PATRON Her Majesty The Queen

HONORARY PRESIDENT HRH The Duke of Kent

THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT Michael Palin CBE VICE PRESIDENTS Professor Michael Bradshaw,

Barnaby Lenon, Professor Heather Viles

HONORARY TREASURER Stephen Henwood

HONORARY SECRETARIES Dr Georgina Endfield (Research), Professor David Petley (Expeditions and Fieldwork), Catrin Woodend (Education)

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Benedict Allen, Michael Ashby,

Jamie-Buchanan-Dunlop, David Hayman, Dr Vanessa Lawrence, Dr Nick Middleton, Professor Susan Owens,

Professor Tony Parsons, Dr John Shears,

Major General Roy Wood

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is a leading world centre for geographers and geographical learning. One of our aims is to stimulate the awareness and enjoyment of the subject to a diverse range of people. Geography is about the understanding of the people, places and environments of our world, the processes by which they are changing, and the interconnections between them – both locally and globally. The Society carries out a wide range of activities to support these aims. We support research groups; promote geography within the national curriculum; produce scholarly publications; provide training in scientific field techniques and expeditions; offer information through our large map collection, library and picture library, and engage the wider public through our popular national lecture series.

TO FIND OUT ABOUT JOINING THE SOCIETY,

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