Secrets From The Antarctic Dry Valleys

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Iain Campbell first visited Antarctica in the 1964/65 summer with colleague Graeme Claridge, as soil scientists with the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, to investigate the nature of soils in Antarctica. They discovered very old red soils at high elevations and also soils that had very high levels of nitrate salts. This and subsequent exploratory investigations to expand knowledge about the nature and significance of Antarctic soils spanned the length of the Transantarctic Mountains and over 35 years, Iain made 17 Antarctic expeditions with an increasing focus on the Dry Valleys. Between 1990 and 1999 Iain worked in the Dry Valleys as a private scientist largely undertaking permafrost and human environmental impacts research. Iain was awarded the Polar Medal in 1991 and is the author of over 90 Antarctic publications.