Ian Stone

Ian attended the Universities of Manchester, London, and Cambridge and has degrees in geology, history, and mathematics. Early in life he spent three years in the army during which he was trained in the Arctic, resulting in an acquired taste for cold places. He then taught for eight years in the Indian Ocean and in Africa, including lecturing at the University of Zambia, before accepting an appointment at the University of Kent at Canterbury where he engaged in research on the history of the polar regions and on the Crimean War. He was fortunate to be able to take early retirement in 1996 and held an appointment for one year at the University of Tartu in Estonia, where he grappled with the (very difficult) language. He has been a guest lecturer on a large number of expedition cruises, having traveled very widely in both the Arctic and the Antarctic, and in the Black and Baltic Seas, as well as in waters nearer his home in the Isle of Man. He is the editor of Polar Record, the principal international journal of polar studies published by the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University. He has published some 60 academic papers and is a frequent book reviewer.

Upcoming Expeditions

• Ireland & the British Isles - May 22, 2012