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Wild World: Living and Working in Antarctica

A day of conservation, craft and storytelling for families in Dry Drayton, Cambridge — featuring British Antarctic Survey scientist Dr Peter Fretwell. Sunday 13 September. Buy the tickets for the time you are attending.

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Wild World: Living and Working in Antarctica
Wild World: Living and Working in Antarctica

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13 Sept 2026, 10:30 – 14 Sept 2026, 15:30

Sol Creative Foundry Ltd, Unit 5, The Irwin Centre, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB23 8AR, UK

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Sunday 13 September · Sol Creative Foundry, Dry Drayton

A day of conservation, craft and storytelling for families, built around two talks from Dr Peter Fretwell of the British Antarctic Survey — the scientist whose satellite work has found almost half the world's known emperor penguin colonies.

This is for children with curious minds and grown-ups who love David Attenborough and the natural world. No prior knowledge needed, just a bit of curiosity about the coldest place on Earth.

The talk. Dr Fretwell shares what it's really like to live and work in Antarctica — how satellites are used to find and count penguins from space, and what a changing climate means for the wildlife that calls the ice home. He'll be drawing on both his books: The Penguin Book of Penguins, written with illustrator Lisa Fretwell, and his new Antarctic Atlas, publishing just ten days before the event and mapping…

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