Rob Larter

Robert David Larter is a British marine geophysicist with the British Antarctic Survey and a recipient of the Polar Medal.

British Antarctic Survey's RRS James Clark Ross

Rob Larter graduated from Durham University in 1982 with a degree in Geology.^[1] He completed a PhD in Geological Sciences at the University of Birmingham in 1991. He was a Research Associate with the Antarctic Marine Group at Birmingham University from 1983 to 1987.^[2]

Larter has worked at the British Antarctic Survey since 1987. He specialises in Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology, and glacial/glacial-marine processes. He has participated in seventeen Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research cruises and been Chief Scientist on eight cruises of British Antarctic Survey's RRS James Clark Ross.^[3] Larter was awarded the Polar Medal in the 2010 New Year Honours.^[4][5]