Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets
Jim Al-Khalili talks to pioneering glaciologist Liz Morris about her career in the world's coldest regions, and how polar ice sheets are being affected by climate change.
A frozen, white world at the far-reaches of the globe, where you're surrounded by snow and silence, might sound rather appealing. Factor in temperatures that drop to -57掳C and a few of us might be put off - but for glaciologist Liz Morris, that's very much her happy place.
Liz is an Emeritus Associate at the University of Cambridge鈥檚 Scott Polar Research Institute, and was among the first British women scientists to work on the planet鈥檚 coldest continent, Antarctica. Over the course of her career, Liz has gathered vital data on polar ice sheets and how they鈥檙e affected by climate change. She's also made numerous research trips across the Greenland Ice Shelf, and has a glacier named after her in Antarctica.
In conversation with Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Liz discusses her fascination with glaciers and ice - and explains her unwavering determination to break into what was once a heavily male-dominated field.
Presented by Jim Al-Khalili
Produced for 成人快手 Studios by Lucy Taylor
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