21 Jan 2010 - FIRE & ICE: A Photographic Journey of Antarctica

Prof John Gamble prepares for his FIRE & ICE Exhibition

08 Feb 2010

John Gamble graduated from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1970 and completed a PhD in Geology in 1973, leaving for a post in Australia in January 1974. He moved to New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington in 1980 and was Reader in Geology there until mid 2002 when he moved back to Ireland and the Chair in Geology at UCC.
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John Gamble is Professor in Geology at UCC since 2002.

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'This exhibition is compiled from my collection of photographs taken throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s while on fieldwork in Antarctica. It includes images of volcanoes, life in the field, shots of wildlife and a visit to the historic huts of Scott and Shackleton on Ross Island, that were the staging posts for historic exploration of the continent at the beginning of the 20th century.'

John Gamble is Professor in Geology at UCC since 2002. A graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, John returned to Ireland after 28 years in Australia and New Zealand. His research interests lie in the geochemistry of the deep Earth and in the processes that lead to volcanism at the surface. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and has the rare distinction of having three terrestrial landmarks named in his honour – Gamble Glacier and Gamble Cone in Antarctica and the Gamble Volcanic Complex a submarine volcano on the Tonga – Kermadec Island Arc in the SW Pacific.

Antarctic Travellers

Niamh Quinlann Travel Counsellor, Roy Foley GSK, John Gamble Professor of Geology,Eddie Curran from Glanmire, Dr Clare O’Leary Ireland’s first woman to reach the South Pole and climb Mt Everest and Ann Mulcahy from Cashel

All have been to the Antarctica

Opening night launch

Above Prof Julia Kennedy UCC, Helen Gough and Sophie Gough from Sundays Well, Prof John Gamble, UCC Geology Dept, Davis Gough from Sundays Well and Mary Gamble of Dublin (l-r)

Below Connie Mulcahy, Michael Hanna, Dr Clare O'Leary and Sioban Murphy (l-r)