Here’s a photo of John receiving his second Polar Medal while sharing a joke with King Charles, at Buckingham Palace on 25 October 2023:

Childrens’ e-book about Antarctic volcanism, co-written by John, now available in THREE languages, free to view & download:

English: https://zenodo.org/record/7703959#.ZBQcxx_P23A

Spanish: https://zenodo.org/record/7699900#.ZBQc4R_P23A

Italian: https://zenodo.org/record/7704405#.ZBQc8R_P23A

Listen to John being interviewed about his life working in Antarctica

1. on the Ben Jackson show, BBC Radio Leicester [10/01/2023]:

2. for Leicester University: https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate

3. ‘Meet the Citizen’: https://uniofleicester.sharepoint.com/sites/staff/news-events/SitePages/Meet-the-Citizen--Professor-John-Smel.aspx

4. Edinburgh University ‘Enlightened’ magazine interview: https://www.ed.ac.uk/c/enlightened-issue-04?dm_i=2O4S,1DNW7,4UPGSN,5F2X3,1

Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in 2023 New Year Honours: John becomes a double-recipient of the prestigious Polar Medal (UK), conferred by King Charles, one of less than two dozen recipients in the 150-year history of the medal. See https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-polar-medal

Read about 'The secret world of Antarctica's volcanoes', John's blog for the Geological Society in which he discusses the new GSL Memoir on Volcanism in Antarctica and the effect that being a volcanologist in Antarctica has had on his life. https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2021/10/18/the-secret-world-of-antarcticas-volcanoes/

Hear John's February 24 2021 talk about glaciovolcanism: 'Glaciovolcanism - where we are & how we got here'. Available online at https://youtu.be/sOtcODxI6eA