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WI birthday The toughest cameraman in the world to talk about
North Swindon Women’s Institute Life behind the Lens
celebrates its first birthday within
the organisation’s centenary year Grabbed by a walrus …pawed by a the last chance saloon. To ignore
on Tuesday 13 October, 7.30pm. polar bear …caressed by a whale climate change and pretend it
The cheese and wine evening will … these are just three of the many will go away is to walk blindly but
be held at Abbey Meads Community experiences enjoyed by Doug Allan, knowingly over a cliff. We have to
Primary School. who has been described by Sir David reconnect people to the planet.”
Attenborough as ‘the toughest in Over the last year he has been
the business.’ on several expeditions with the US
His work has been on The Blue based Living Oceans Foundation.
Your VHS video, camcorder Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Human Diving in some of the most remote
and least visited places in the
Planet and Frozen Planet. Multi-
tape or cine film transferred award winning Doug was seen by a world he has been filming scientists
to DVD Disc from £15 few when he visited Swindon Sub- charting the decline of our precious
Tel: 01793 705333 Aqua Club in 2014. On 3 November coral reefs in ultra high resolution
at Swindon Arts Centre, there’s photography to measure the its
another chance to hear one of the cover and health.
We want your world’s most respected and experi- For tickets at £17.50, go to:
enced wildlife and natural history
www.swindontheatres.co.uk
APPLES cameramen talk about filming in Sub-aqua club talks
hostile environments, illustrated by
incredible images. Swindon Sub-Aqua Club will be Freezeframe: Doug Allan
Swap for He’s a captivating speaker who visited by experienced diver Andy
On Thursday 15 October, diver
Cider will give jaw dropping insight into Torbet who will present Extreme Chris Gait will discuss wreck ar-
his work whilst talking with deep
Adventures from A to B (Arctic to
or Cash concern from 25 years of close Britain). chaeology illustrated by dives to
observation about climate change His work has been seen on Coast two Spanish Armada wrecks off
which has resulted in declining and Operation Iceberg where he Northern Ireland, This is a free talk
Surely it’s populations of polar bears and other dived into glacial lakes, around and is open to everyone.
better than leaving sea mammals due to diminishing polar bear infested icebergs and Swindon Sub-Aqua Club is lo-
them to rot? winter sea ice. volunteered for a cold water shock cated at Supermarine Road, South
Marston, SN3 4BZ
experiment.
In Doug’s view: “COP 2015 (the
www.circlecider.com United Nations climate change See a video and book tickets via Find out about the club at:
conference in Paris in December) is www.swindive.co.uk/andytorbet www.swindive.co.uk

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