Dr Pete Russel (Ngāpuhi) comes from Whanganui and his research background is in Physics, Electronics and Physical Oceanography. His PhD researched how water flows round bends in rivers, estuaries and coastal headlands and how the flow pattern causes erosion of material along river banks and up-welling at coastal headlands. He has since worked across very technical and practical research projects and is now a postdoctoral researcher focussing on the complex mechanisms that influence sea ice melt in Antarctica. Pete will speak about how his research aims to give greater certainty of the risks of ice melt in Antarctica.