Lloyd Peck is a British

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical a ...

who is a scientist with the

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

and affiliated with the Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is known for his research into biological adaptations of animals to extreme cold, in particular sea spiders. He presented the 2004

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825, missing 1939–1942 because of the Second World War. The lectures present sci ...

on surviving in the Antarctic.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peck, Lloyd Living people Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge People educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School British physiologists British Antarctic Survey Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Portsmouth British oceanographers British marine biologists Year of birth missing (living people)