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 long-term admirer of Shackleton, he talks to Rach...

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 and the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas ...

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 by Royal Enfield to celebrate the launch of their n...

Antarctic Fire Angels // Pre-Expedition Journal

This month Georgina Gilbert and Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe will embark on an expedition to Antarctica. Four years in the making, the two firefighters will take on a world first route from Union Glacie...

YOUNGEST TO POLE // PRE-EXPEDITION JOURNAL

In under a month Jacob 'Valhalla' Myers, an intrepid polar enthusiast and Shackleton Guide, is set to embark on his attempt to become the youngest person in history to complete a solo, unsupported ...

NOTES FROM ROTHERA // HOW SEALS INDICATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ANTARCTICA

Dr Connor Bamford is a marine ecologist based in the UK with a passion for ffurthering marine conservation in the polar regions. He and a multinational team of scientists have embarked on the first...

What was in Rudd's 130kg pulk?

Following his successful traverse of Antarctica, we caught up with record-breaking polar explorer Louis Rudd to discuss what kit he packed in his 130kg pulk.