Left, Rockfild head teacher Caroline Fothergill, along with some of the pupils, helped Jean MacPherson hand over a cheque to fund a memorial garden at the Marines’ HQ in Arbroath. Jean’s brother-in-law Gordon died in the Falklands conflict.
SCOTLAND is set to lead the UK’s Arctic research over the next five years through major projects worth more than £5 million, led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).
The Dunbeg-based institute won two of the four major research grants in the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) £10 million Changing Arctic Ocean programme. SAMS researchers are also involved in the other two projects, led by Leeds and Liverpool universities.