Paul Rose

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Paul has been working with the BBC Science department since 2005 presenting programmes about science and the history of science. His credits include ‘Take One Museum’ which was shown in 2005 on BBC4 and ‘Meltdown – A Global Warming Journey with Paul Rose’ shown in March 2006 on BBC2. Paul has also fronted on the BBC4 series ‘Voyages of Discovery’. Paul has just finished filming a new 8 part series for BBC2 entitled ‘Oceans’ which will be shown in November 2008. He has also written his first book to tie in with the programme which was published on 6th October 2008.

A former Vice-President of The Royal Geographical Society, Paul is a man of many talents - an explorer and expedition leader, a professional diving instructor and mountain guide, a qualified yacht skipper, a mountain safety consultant and a very experienced public speaker. Paul has many years experience of running a large range of scientific expeditions, including Antarctica, Greenland and The Indian Ocean.

Paul was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica for British Antarctic Survey for 10 years and was awarded HM The Queen's Polar Medal. For his work with NASA and the Mars Lander project on Mt Erebus, Antarctica he was awarded the US Navy Polar Medal. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast and BBC News 24 as well as many live national and regional radio interviews.

He has retained his sense of wonder about the world – he is completely genuine and authentic. He’s an extreme adventurer with a genuine love of science, and a great gift for storytelling.