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Dr. Partridge will talk about his experiences as a ship’s physician on a voyage to South Georgia Island and the Antarctic Peninsula in November 2021. His presentation will be wide-ranging, touching on his role as ship’s physician during the Covid-19 pandemic; the famous expedition of Ernest Shackleton,whose lost ship was only recently discovered in the Antarctic depths; the history and wildlife of the area; and threats posed to the Antarctic continent by climate change, geopolitics,and tourism. His talk will be accompanied by a photo essay of the journey, with stunning wildlife and landscape images.

A specialist in international health as well as in emergency medicine, Dr. Partridge has more than 25 years of experience working and teaching in the developing world. He has directed disaster preparedness and medical relief operations in the Pacific region and has served as a consultant on a wide variety of projects in injury prevention, trauma care, and tropical medicine in countries around the world.

Dr. Partridge’s passion for medicine, travel, and the outdoors have taken him to some remote places. He has practiced or taught medicine on all seven continents. He recently returned from his third voyage to Antarctica as a ship’s physician.