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 - 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...

FOUND! The shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Quest’ is discovered in the Labrador Sea

SHACKLETON co-founder Martin Brooks reports from the ship at the centre of Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s expedition, supported and equipped by Shackleton. 

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2024 - The Shortlist

Following a very lively debate at the Royal Geographical Society, chaired by Sunday Times bestselling author Lewis Dartnell, our panel of judges has decided on the shortlist for this year’s Shackle...

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2024: THE LONGLIST

Once more, the longlist for the 2024 Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions reveals the extraordinary range of people working in the Arctic and Antarctic today. It includes scient...