On Wednesday 5th June we’re very pleased to welcome back to PubSci James Maclaine, senior keeper of fish at the Natural History Museum, London, who recently returned from a research expedition around two of the remotest inhabited islands on Earth.
Black Seadevil (Melanocetus johnsonii) – a juvenile female. Photo: James Maclaine (via Twitter)
Earlier this year, Discovery Expedition 100 carried out marine surveys of the ocean around Tristan de Cunha and St Helena in the South Atlantic. NHM curator James Maclaine was on board RRS Discovery to sort and identify the fish specimens collected as part of the UK government’s Blue Belt conservation program. James spent more than 40 days at sea, journeying over 5000 miles between Port Stanley in the Falklands and Walvis Bay in Namibia. At June’s PubSci James will be talking about his experiences on the expedition and showing some of the amazing things he saw along the way.
RSS Discovery – James’ home for 40 days during the expedition. Photo: James Maclaine (via Twitter)
Join us upstairs at the Old King’s Head, near London Bridge station. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start and as usual the event is free, but we will have a whip-round to cover speaker’s expenses.
James Maclaine with Great White Shark jaws, via Wildlife Photographer of the Year on Twitter
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