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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY
Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2
From April 2009
Cunard Insights™ is delighted to
D
iscovery is an immensely thrilling feature of every Cunard voyage, wherever your
itinerary takes you. And many of our guests’ most enriching, most rewarding experiences
announce a new partnership with the
unfold right here on board. After all, Cunard Insights™ offers rare opportunities to meet
Royal Geographical Society (RGS).
illustrious individuals, distinguished by their extraordinary expertise, achievements or talents.
Founded in 1830, ten years before the
In the months ahead, this unique programme will take three enticing forms.
first Cunard voyage, the society is a
world centre for geographical science;
over the years, its illustrious and
An exceptional line-up of specially invited personalities shall step aboard both Queen Victoria
learned members have included such
and Queen Mary 2. We invite you to rub shoulders with explorers and entrepreneurs, authors
names as Shackleton, Livingstone, Scott
and actors, politicians and poets, and hear them recount their incredible tales, with
and Hillary.
fascinating lectures and more intimate, informal seminars .
In 2009, well-known contemporary
Prepare to venture, too, into the far-off galaxies, thanks to an exciting new
adventurers, explorers and
partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Aboard Queen Mary 2,
geographical experts including
in the only planetarium at sea, experts will present bespoke talks and specially
Dr George McGavin and Paul Rose
designed shows to reveal the heavenly happenings overhead. On both ships,
will feature among the Royal
you can also survey the night skies first hand during our wonderful Stargazing Parties on
Geographical Society Fellows to
deck, warmed by hot drinks and blankets, as RAS experts help you discover and map out
entertain Cunard guests aboard both
the constellations.
ships through a series of fascinating
talks and seminars. The first of these
will be on Queen Mary 2’s Eastbound
Finally, our Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
Transatlantic Crossing on 14 April 2009.
graduates will continue to host their hugely popular
Please see our website for
workshops and pass on their priceless acting tips aboard both magnificent ships. Their own
details of further RGS voyages.
considerable talents will also take centre stage courtesy of highly acclaimed, abridged
versions of Hamlet, King Lear and the classic Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights.
Dr George C. MCGavin
Queen Mary 2 , 14 April 2009
The author, television
presenter and explorer
RADA workshop on board Queen Mary 2
is also an Honorary
Research Associate at
Oxford University's
Museum of Natural
History and Department of Zoology.
George speaks passionately on his
specialist subject of insects - several
species are actually named after him -
as well as ecology, evolution and
conservation.
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