Shackleton Journal

SHACKLETON MEDAL 2024 - The Shortlist

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 ha...

Searching for Polar Bears with Levison Wood

Levison Wood first seized the attention of millions when he walked the length of the Nile ten years ago. As the renowned explorer, photographer and...

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 ...

EXPLORING LAKE UNTERSEE: JAMES GRECIAN

This Antarctica season Dr James Grecian was on expedition with fellow Durham University scientist Thale Damm-Johnsen to explore the mountains aroun...

Shackleton Medal Judge Pirita Näkkäläjärvi on the Sámi Greta Thunberg

Shackleton Medal judge Pirita Näkkäläjärvi is the recently elected President of the Sámi Parliament in Finland. Here she talks to Rachel Halliburto...

John Geiger: The Third Man Factor And The Shackleton Medal

John Geiger is Chief Executive of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and the internationally bestselling author of seven books, includi...

Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End // Darrel Bristow-Bovey

Author, columnist and screen-writer, Darrel Bristow-Bovey was born in Durban, South Africa and educated at the University of Cape Town where he stu...

Expedition Equipment Edit // The best hardware from the best manufacturers selected by Rhodri Lewis

Shackleton’s quartermaster. Rhodri Lewis has spent the past twenty years as an expert equipment coach, helping to equip some of the world’s most ex...

Antarctic Fire Angels // Post Expedition Journal

This Antarctic season Georgina Gilbert and Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe became the first 999 emergency services team to ski to the South Pole. The two fir...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Courage, Leadership and the link between Shackleton and Lawrence of Arabia

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been an honorary judge for the Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions since it was established in 2022. A...

FROM THE PEAK OF THE ANDES TO THE POLAR WILDERNESS

Shackleton Director of Expeditions, Louis Rudd and Expeditions Manager, Wendy Searle summitted Aconcagua - the highest peak in all of the Americas ...

A YEAR IN SHACKLETON CHALLENGES // A Note from Co-Founder Ian Holdcroft

To mark the close of 2023 Shackleton Co-Founder, Ian Holdcroft has penned a journal. With huge strides made for Shackleton Challenges across the wo...

SHACKLETON IN THE HIMALAYAS // Louis Rudd x Royal Enfield

Shackleton Director of Expeditions, Louis Rudd and Expeditions Manager, Wendy Searle recently returned from the Himalayas where they were invited b...