Robert David Larter is a British marine geophysicist with the British Antarctic Survey and a recipient of the Polar Medal.
Rob Larter graduated from Durham University in 1982 with a degree in Geology.[1] At the University of Birmingham he completed a PhD in Geological Sciences in 1991. He was a Research Associate with the Antarctic Marine Group at Birmingham University from 1983 to 1987.[2]
Larter has worked at the British Antarctic Survey since 1987. He specialises in Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology and glacial/glacial-marine processes. He has participated in seventeen Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research cruises and been Chief Scientist on eight cruises of British Antarctic Survey's RRS James Clark Ross.[3] Larter was awarded the Polar Medal in the 2010 New Year Honours.[4][5]