Read about OB Dr Hugh Carter (Tees,13) 's amazing adventures, Recreating Scott's Antarctic Expedition - What Modern Seas Reveal. In this remarkable feature in The Guardian by Karen McVeigh (7 August 2025) Dr Hugh Carter retraces Scott, Shackleton, and Borchgrevink's Antarctic expeditions. 

The Natural History Museum's curator of marine invertebrates compared century-old sea urchin specimens with new ones and the results are alarming. This "sweet‑and‑sour" expedition underscores both the beauty and vulnerability of our southern seas. 

Read on here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/07/crumbling-shells-melting-ice-and-a-wildlife-boom-what-recreating-scotts-antarctic-trip-reveals-about-our-seas-today?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwY2xjawMSiD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsDBbLsCJPJr9thHStFmSQkzwyv5m3dRZa51B0Lw-2TTBxXnrNF-HbEsZso3_aem_G6rMx0eVJGVoeLN2ww2-Ug