Join PGC’s User Services Manager and U.S. Representative to the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI), Cole Kelleher, and his international colleagues in the next session of the SCAR Connect Online Training Series.
In this session, speakers will look at the historical roots of Antarctic place naming and early exploration, explore why clear and consistent names are essential for safe operations and effective science, and outline the core principles and practices of Antarctic place naming as developed by SCAR.
Join to learn more about why place naming in Antarctica matters, and how SCAR helps coordinate and standardise place names for the benefit of the Antarctic community.
Date: 14 May 2026
Time: 7:00 PM UTC
Speakers: Christopher Stephens, Advisor to Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board, New Zealand’s national place naming authority; Cole Kelleher, User Services Manager of the U.S. based Polar Geospatial Center, also serves as the U.S. Representative to the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI); Elena Field, GIS and Web Mapping Specialist at the British Antarctic Survey.
The webinar will be Chaired by Louise Ireland, Co-Chair of SCAGI and Geographical Information Systems Lead at British Antarctic Survey.
See original SCAR News post: https://scar.org/scar-news/scar-connect-scagi
Learn more about SCAR Connect: https://scar.org/science/excom/cbet#scarconnect