His image was used on the 75p stamp as part of a commemorative collection of British Antarctic Territory postage stamps. The stamps are sold at British research stations in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands to highlight the iSTAR project (ice Sheet STAbility and Research). The programme is designed to improve understanding of ice loss in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
As part of Damon’s Edinburgh University GeoSciences PhD project in Antarctica, Damon joined a 12-strong team of scientists carrying out specialist studies into glaciers. The stamp depicts Mr Davies working on a surface radar used to investigate the internal properties of ice in Pine Island Glacier.
Damon’s interest in glaciology was triggered during his undergraduate studies at Brighton and he became determined to visit Antarctica. Damon described his appearance on a stamp as “a bit bizarre…but a great memento of my time in Antarctica.”