Symposium to Honour the Life and Work of Dr Mike Thomson
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An online event to honour the life and work of Dr Mike Thomson. If you were unable to attend the event on 12 May 2021, please find the meting recording HERE. (Access Passcode: rV5yD+Kg)
You can also listen to Dr Mike Thomson BAS Archives interview HERE.
Mike was one of the true pioneers of Antarctic geology and played a pivotal role in establishing geology as a critical discipline within the modern era of the British Antarctic Survey. An accomplished palaeontologist by training, he subsequently developed a wide range of geological and management skills in his role as Head of the Geological Sciences Division, a position that he held for over ten years. In this time geology was amalgamated with geophysics, major new international projects were initiated, and field studies developed far beyond the traditional stamping grounds on the Antarctic Peninsula.
PROGRAMME
1. Jane Francis
Welcome, outline of the symposium & personal recollections
2. David Macdonald & Bob Pankhurst
Mike T – the man who dated the Antarctic Peninsula
3. Pete Clarkson & Phil Stone
Early days and Birmingham
4. Bryan Storey & John Smellie
BAS Cambridge & Head of Geological Sciences
Short Break
5. Ian Dalziel & David Elliot
International collaborations
6. Pete Rawson & Alistair Crame
Ammonites and other fossils
7. Chris Elliot
Tales from the John Biscoe
8. Open forum – chaired by Bruce Mair