After being on an expedition many of our members stay with the Society and become expedition Leaders. The society aims to promote equal opportunities and welcomes applications from those with a physical disability. However, due to the physical nature of the expeditions, we regret that anyone who does not have full walking mobility cannot be considered. The expeditions aim to combine the excitement of living under testing conditions with the research and production of valuable scientific work. This may be updating data collected on previous expeditions or obtaining baseline data on which future expeditions can expand.
Science projects vary with each expedition.
You will hopefully learn to appreciate and understand this new environment and how it works. The Society has frequently worked in co-operation with overseas research organisations, especially in Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Canada, and Alaska. Many of the Society s members, who qualify by successfully completing an expedition, have gone on to study sciences at university and have played a leading role in major international science projects. Expeditions to Less Developed Countries can involve community projects. These may be social projects or environmental projects.