Stanley Sherlock is a horticulturalist, expedition leader, glaciologist, educator, and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. This Summer he organised a research mission to Laguna Glacier, Bolivian Andes, but swiftly shifted focus to Koppangsbreen, Arctic Norway, after government guidelines (for La Paz) changed a month before flying. Last Summer, Stanley assisted with the SLIDE (Subglacial Lakes at Issunguata Sermia - Dynamics and Evolution) project, spending a considerable time on the Greenland Ice Sheet and periglacial tundra.
An avid student-adventurer, Stanley thoroughly enjoys travelling on limited resources, often by means of hitchhiking and bivvi-bagging, for example: hitchhiking in Egypt to Mount Sinai and, around Joshua Tree and Sequoia National Park in California!
Having completed the Three Welsh Peaks 24H Challenge for his 18th Birthday in support of the North Devon Hospice, Stan is an Alpine Club Aspirant Member, and has climbed in the greater ranges inc. New Zealand, Switzerland, and Japan.
Working part-time as a teacher at after school clubs, Stanley is a keen advocate of effective science communication (inc. filmmaking) and has ambitions to pursue a career in education after completing his degree in Environmental Science at the University of Sheffield. From his experience as a Hardy Plants Sales Assistant, Stan is hoping to enhance learning spaces and reduce the environmental impacts of schools e.g. site-appropriate vegetation and installation of anaerobic digesters.
Regardless, Stan is excited to continue his cold-water swimming activities with plans to swim in Antarctica and at least 5,000m above sea level, although it’s unlikely either of these will be an official NIPS (Nature Inspired Peak Swimming) activity, a cold-water swimming society that Stanley helps to operate.
