Speakers
Expert speakers and workshop leaders share tales from their own expeditions and fieldwork projects and advise attendees on future ideas and plans.
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Claire Grogan
Claire is an emergency medicine doctor with a passion for expedition and remote medicine.
Craig Mathieson
Craig is an accomplished and respected explorer, having skied to both North and South Poles. He has 20+ years’ experience guiding in the Arctic regions. He runs “The Polar Academy” charity – inspiring and motivating struggling teenagers by offering them an opportunity to be part of a major Arctic expedition.
Denise Martin
A Canadian living in Scotland, Denise has a long-standing history with polar travel and guiding. One of the original polar guides from the late 90s with many expedition miles behind her, Denise loves sharing her experiences and hearing about the expedition aspirations of others.
Felicity Aston
Felicity is an author, speaker and student research scientist. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica. It was a journey of 1744km that took 59 days to complete and which gave her a place in the book of Guinness World Records.
Helen Turton
Helen has visited both the North and South Poles and crossed Greenland on skis on several occasions.
Kate Retallick
Kate is a Royal Navy Officer and hydrographic surveyor recently employed on operations in Antarctica to update navigational charts. She has undertaken multiple polar ski expeditions including crossing Greenland.
Martin Hartley
Over the past two decades, Martin has covered over 2,000 miles, living for over 400 days on the skin of the Arctic Ocean on multiple long range expeditions.
Rachel Carr
Rachel is a Professor in Glaciology at Newcastle University, whose research and teaching focus on the response of glacier to climate change, in the Himalaya and the Arctic.
Roger Alcock
Roger’s career combines UK Emergency Medicine practice, humanitarian Global Emergency Care and medical care in austere environments with expedition, TV, film and ultramarathon medical support experience in all 7 continents.
Stephen Jones
Steve has hard-won leadership experience in high-risk environments and is an expert on expedition planning, safety management, and polar expeditions.