Discovering the Arctic - refreshed

I went down to the Royal Geographical Society last week to attend the launch of a refreshed Discovering the Arctic website. 

Check it out. 

The content has been updated from the original website, and some more recent additions - including something that I added myself on permafrost back in 2012.

The sections are here now. There is more of a link with the lives of indigenous peoples:

For example, check out this section which looks at how the Arctic can be defined. Where does it start and end? Is it defined by the Arctic Circle?

Old Harry Rocks - the OG (or OH)

 For Year 7 - classic sequence of crack, cave, arch, stack, stump, wave cut platform.

Britain's Collapsing Coastline

 For Year 7 - Happisburgh

All the ways Everest can kill you

A useful Wired video for our extremes unit.

We always teach this during the Everest climbing season.

Inspiration places - which are yours?

During the 125th anniversary year of the GA, I tried to collate a list of 125 inspirational places using a Google Form. I didn’t quite get enough places, so never did anything with the responses I got in the end. 

Check out the Inspirational Places website that I created for a project I did with Professor Peter Knight as well.

Perhaps it’s now time to try to get a good set of responses so that I can share them and use them next time I teach my Landscapes topic, which needs a little more 

Please go to the form here and tell me about an inspiration place that is worth visiting in the UK.

Sue Venir

I've been using the films from Sue Venir with KS2 to explore climate and biomes.

Books 31,32 and 33 now available

All now published... and here are some of my author copies.

Feel free to purchase large quantities if you are teaching iGCSE Geography.

Pleased to say these are now taking me into my 30s in terms of books published that I had a part in.

 Another one is already due out later in the year - one has been delayed - and I'm now working on 9 more.

Mitch's Global Triathlon - ending by climbing Everest

The final stage of Mitch Hutchraft's global triathlon will take place on Everest.

It's called PROJECT LIMITLESS. It's supported by the clothing company Jöttnar.

It started with a swim across the English Channel from Dover to Calais.

He then cycled from Calais to Digha in India.

From there he ran 900km from Digha to Kathmandu.

From there he trekked up to Everest Base Camp.

He is currently doing climbing acclimatisation including going through the Khumbu Icefall and up to Camp 2 and then back.

We will be following the final stage with our Year 8s.