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We frequently get this wrong. A brief explanation: long odds (eg 100-1 against, normally expressed as 100-1) mean something unlikely; shorter odds (eg 10-1) still mean it’s unlikely, but less unlikely; odds on (eg 2-1 on, sometimes expressed as 1-2) means it is likely, so if you were betting £2 you would win only £1 plus the stake.
Take care using the phrase “odds on”: if Labour is quoted by bookmakers at 3-1 to win a byelection, and the odds are cut to 2-1, it is wrong to say “the odds on Labour to win were cut last night” – in fact, the odds against Labour to win have been cut (the shorter the price, the more likely something is expected to happen).
A geologist who spent seven years working in the Antarctic has had a peninsula on the continent named after him in recognition of his work.
Dr Malcolm Hole became only the second person to visit Rothschild Island when he arrived there in 1985 and part of it has now been called the Hole Peninsula.
His research proved it to be of volcanological significance and he has published numerous papers about the geology of the region, remaining its most recent visitor.
He follows in the footsteps of Captain James Cook, who had the Cook Mountains in Antarctica named after him after he discovered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the 18th century.
Malcolm Hole spent seven years working on island of volcanological significance
Dr Malcolm Hole in the Antarctic. Photograph: Malcolm Hole/PA
Dr Malcolm Hole in the Antarctic. Photograph: Malcolm Hole/PA
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Wed 28 Apr 2021 08.23 EDT
First published on Wed 28 Apr 2021 08.21 EDT
A geologist who spent seven years working in the Antarctic has had a peninsula on the continent named after him in recognition of his work.
Dr Malcolm Hole became only the second person to visit Rothschild Island when he arrived there in 1985 and part of it has now been called the Hole peninsula.
Holeâs research proved to be of volcanological significance and he has published numerous papers about the geology of the region, remaining its most recent visitor.
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