We gathered at our lecture theatre today, knowing that it was going to be an interesting day all about glaciers. In the morning , Allan quickly glanced through hydrology, reinforcing various river processes and the landforms that are formed as a result. Indeed, the class marveled at the beautiful pictures of river landforms from different parts of the world. Allan would show us a landform and we would then discuss how it could have formed. The exposure we gained from these images and ideas generated have broadened our perspective on rivers. We know have better confidence in interpreting landforms that could possibly be tested in the examinations back in CJC. We learnt that, for hydrology, both theory and imagery were essential to anchor a deeper understanding of the topic and its complexities.
In the afternoon, we visited the Scott Polar institute. The institute is one of the earliest research centres in Europe. It conducts research on glacial exploration in the Arctic and Atlantic regions. It also contains a museum, in which we learnt of the history of arctic exploration and the danger our glaciers are facing, due to global warming. This activity has exposed us to an area of geography we cover in in little detail in our syllabus. Hence, it was an eye opener, as we viewed visuals we would have little excess to in Singapore. These visuals include satellite imagery from NASA a the British Antarctic Survey.
Scott Polar Institute and museum is among the 8 University Museums in Cambridge. We were indeed delighted that we got the opportunity to visit these museums, given that these museums have significantly close excess to resources. We are mindful that our days here are coming to. a close. We are grasping every chance to enhance our knowledge of Geography. Take care!
