SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - JEMMA WADHAM

Now leading the Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate in Tromsø, Wadham’s research is uncovering how melting glaciers may release vast stores of ancient carbon. A trailblazer in polar scie...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - CORMAC CULLINAN

Through the Wild Law Institute, Cullinan is driving a legal revolution: advocating for Antarctica to be recognised as a rights-bearing entity under international law. His Antarctic Rights Initiativ...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - TWILA MOON

As lead editor of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card, Moon coordinated 97 scientists across 11 countries to assess the state of the Arctic in 2024 - concluding that the region is now emitting more carbon th...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - ALEX CORNELISSEN

Returning to Antarctica this year with Sea Shepherd, Cornelissen continues to lead a campaign to expose the environmental risks of krill fishing and transshipments in the Southern Ocean. His decade...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - PROFESSOR ANNA WÅHLIN

Anna Wåhlin led the breakthrough mission deploying the RAN autonomous underwater vehicle beneath the Dotson Ice Shelf, producing the first detailed maps of its underside. Her findings offer game-ch...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - FELICITY ASTON

The first woman to cross Antarctica solo, Felicity Aston completed the final leg of the “B.I.G. (Before It’s Gone) Arctic Research Expedition” last year—collecting vital environmental samples in th...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - PAUL NICKLEN

Conservationist, Marine-Biologist and Photographer. Co-founder of SeaLegacy, Nicklen continues to use breathtaking imagery to shift public perception of the ocean’s importance. His exhibition Rever...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025: MEET THE SHORTLIST - JAMIN S GREENBAUM

I was inspired by Ernest Shackleton from the beginning – I’d read his account of the Endurance expedition in South. But at first my interest in polar exploration during his time motivated me to loo...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2025 - THE SHORTLIST

From an exceptional longlist, we are proud to reveal the eight individuals shortlisted for the 2025 Shackleton Medal. This year’s shortlist represents an equal balance of women and men, with expert...

“CRISIS AND ADVERSITY ARE NOT NEW; WE HAVE MET THEM BEFORE AND WE WILL MEET THEM AGAIN,” Ernest Shackleton

The first three years of the Shackleton Medal have revealed three extraordinary individuals continuing Shackleton's legacy at the poles. In this fourth year, we are very excited to announce the fel...