Explorers & Expedition Leaders
Dr. Eleanor Drinkwater
Bug nut and Adventurer. Awarded Inspirational Explorer of the Year award by the Scientific Expedition Society.
Belinda Kirk
Campaigner promoting the benefits of adventure for wellbeing. Author of - Adventure Revolution:The life-changing power of choosing challenge.
Charlotte Austwick
Explorer of the Natural World, FRGS, SES Rivers Foundation Explorer 2019, Filmmaker & public speaker.
Liv Arnesen
First woman in the world to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole (1994) – a 50-day expedition of 745 miles (1,200 km)
Alice Morrison
A 1,000 mile walk with 3 Amazigh (Berber) companions and 6 camels across the Sahara desert in Morocco!
Sarah Davis
First Female-Led Nile River Expedition - 6,853km from the source in Rwanda to the Mediterranean Sea!
Abbi Naylor
Expedition Leader. Outdoor Instructor. Adventurer & Endurance Athlete who completed 30 challenges to celebrate turning 30 in 2018!
Tashi and Nungshi Malik
1st siblings and twins to climb the 7 Summits and reach the North and South Poles and complete the Explorers Grand Slam.
Masha Gordon
A mum-of-two, who has entered the world record books by becoming the fastest women to complete the Explorers’ Grand Slam challenge!
Arita Baaijens
Explorer, Biologist, Author, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society & the Explorers Club
Jill Heinerth
Underwater Explorer, with expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes, and submerged caves worldwide. Author of INTO THE PLANET.
Milbry Polk
Explorer and Photo Journalist, Founder of Wings WorldQuest, and on the Board for The Explorers Club
EmmaLucy Cole
The joys and challenges of being a solo woman researcher, explorer and biker. Sharing more about spending 2 years with a Bedouin tribe in Sinai.
Saray Khumalo
Zambia-born South African explorer and mountaineer. In May 2019, she became the first Black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Melanie Vogel
Explorer, thru-hiking Canada’s Great Trail, 24,000km from the Atlantic Ocean, to the Arctic Ocean and then on to the Pacific Ocean.
Dr. Joyce Azzam
First Lebanese women to climb the 7 Summits & going after the Explorers Grand Slam!
Georgina Miranda
CEO of She Ventures | Adventurer, entrepreneur and activist. Completed 6 of the 7 summits and going after the Explorers Grand-slam!
Capt. Sophie Hollingsworth
Former Ballerina turned award winning explorer - New Explorer of the Year 2017. Fulbright Scholar. Fellow of The Explorers Club & PostGrad Fellow of RGS.
Laura Bingham
English adventurer best known for completing a cross-continent cycle of South America in July 2016.
Jo Bradshaw
Catching up with Mountaineer & Expedition Leader Jo Bradshaw discussing her summit of Mount Everest!
Jules Lewis
Jules Lewis from Mountain High - Her mission, to inspire people to step outside of their comfort zone!: The Tough Girl Podcast sponsored by Four Athletics!
Dr. Hajjah Sharifah Mazlina Syed Abdul Kadir
Malaysian Polar Explorer who ski-sailed across Antartica from the South Pole to Hercules inlet in 22 days.
Rosie Stancer
Accomplished Polar athlete and explorer since 1996 - described by one journalist as “a cross between Tinker Bell and the Terminator”
Cathy Alldred
Planning and leading an expedition to climb Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland (2014)
Janey McGill
Explorer of people, places and thoughts. Crossing 800km across Oman’s Empty Quarter on foot #meetmeinthefield
Jacki Hill-Murphy
Expedition to travel the length of the Amazon River & The Lost Inca Trail Expedition!
Dr. Tamie Jovanelly
World Explorer, focusing on major river systems including the Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Ganges.
Sarah Begum
Immersive Investigative Journalist. Anthropologist-Explorer. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Ness Knight
Accidental adventurer & explorer, whose cycled solo + unsupported 2000 miles across the USA, & first female in history to swim the length of the Thames River!
Belinda Kirk
An International Expedition Leader and Founder of Explorers Connect. Was a member of the 1st all female team to row around Great Britain setting a new Guinness World Record.
Kate Leeming
Australian Cycle Enthusiast, Educator, and First Women to Cycle Across the ‘New' Russia!
Felicity Ashton MBE
Author, speaker, expedition leader and former Antarctic scientist. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica.