Dr Liz Pasteur

BSc (Hons) Edinburgh (Environmental Chemistry); PhD. University of East Anglia (Environmental Science); Associate member of Insitute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Liz has conducted and contributed to a wide range of environmental impact assessments and environmental management projects in diverse environments from Africa to Antarctica including construction, tourism operations and infrastructure, hydro scheme, filming, oil exploration and drilling projects.

Climate change research with the British Antarctic Survey took her to Antarctica to drill ice cores and she continues to work in the climate change field undertaking emissions analyses.

Liz is the Executive Secretary of the International Polar Foundation - UK.

Poles Apart

Pasteur Environmental conducts some projects in association with Poles Apart, a company which provides environmental services and logistical support in remote and extreme locations.

Helen Turton

BA (Hons) Geography & Geology, Winter ML

Helen Turton is a qualified teacher, who has worked in the outdoor industry for over 20 years - running outdoor and environmental centres, fulfilling the role of an outdoor education advisor, and leading on expeditions around the world. She has guided groups with complex medical and physical needs and learning difficulties.

Her real passion is polar ski touring and training trips, including full distance to the South Pole, crossing Greenland, touring over Svalbard, and skiing the last degree to both the South Pole and North Poles several times.

Amanda Lynnes

Amanda Lynnes is an ecologist by training. She studied South Atlantic seabirds with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for eight years, co-ordinating projects that ranged from assessing the affects of tourism on penguins to monitoring seabird population trends as part of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management.

She also worked as BAS Press Officer for two years to gain experience in the field of science communication and is working with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust collaborative Oral History Project.