Nick Middleton is a physical geographer and supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He specialises in desertification. Going to Extremes is a television programme for Channel 4 about extreme lifestyles, in which Middleton experiences life in the hostile conditions other cultures must endure. Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. ... Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. ... St Annes College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas into desert, resulting from various factors including climatic variations and human activities. ... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...