2024
Holly Carroll – Summer Greenland Community Outreach
Callum Johnson, Tim Miller, Michaela Izakovičová, Simon Smith – The Thumbnail Climbing Expedition, South Greenland
St Andrews undergraduates (Urszula Filipowicz, Archibald Davies, Isla Farrell, Cameron (Thorfin) Gunn, Henry Lodge) – Geology dissertation fieldwork, South Greenland
2023
Oliver Smaje, Eve MacCallum and Harry Newmark (Recipients of the inaugural Hugh and Myrtle Simpson Award): East Greenland Climbing Expedition
Claire (Tuppence) Mellish: North West Passage Row
Louise Mercer: Community Environmental Monitoring, North West Territories, Canada
2022
Bethany Carol: SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland
Fraser Melville: SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland
Tom Litchfield: SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland
Hannah Mortlock: SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland
Mark Agnew: NorthWest Passage Row
Liam Tracey: Solo ski expedition Finnmark
Yvonne Findlay: University of Glasgow Iceland expedition
Hamish Rodger: Svalbard fieldwork/skiing
Flordespina Dodds: WhaleWise, Westfjords, Iceland
2020/2021
Ashton McDonald: UNIS Svalbard, from SAMS
Tormod Doherty: UNIS Svalbard, from SAMS
Susie Ranford & Ruth Vingerhagen on behalf of Eric & Nina Ranford, Simon & Astrid Vingerhagen: SAC 50th Anniversary, East Greenland (deferred to 2022)
University of Glasgow Iceland Expedition: Seabird fieldwork, Seydisfjordur (2021)
Lia Lechler: Svalbard, permafrost research
Huw Oliver: Fatbiking, West Greenland (2020)
Emily Purvis: Fish farming MSc research, Tromso
Zeki Basan: Reindeer station, Isortoq, Greenland (deferred to 2022)
2019
Ellis O’Connor: Artist-in-residence, Upernavik Museum, Greenland (deferred)
Hazel & Luke Robertson: Sami film/spring ski trip, Finnmark, Norway
Laura Ferguson: Svalbard coastal cultural heritage
2018
Matthew Hay: Mountaineering and glacial research in Stauning Alps, East Greenland
Regina Huttunen: fieldwork in Svalbard at UNIS, on exchange from SAMS
Oliver Rice/Holly Unwin: Environmental change, East Finnmark
2017
Katharaina Beutner: Fieldwork at UNIS, Svalbard
Alicja Borsberry-Woods: UNIS, Svalbard
Emily Cave: BSc Geography Research in High Arctic Svalbard
Ronan Dugan: Research into waders on Baffin Island, Nunavut, High Arctic Canada
Emily Hill: Migrating further North – Eider Duck research in Ny-Ålesund
Vanessa Pitusi: Sea-ice research, Svalbard
Aythya Young: Research into insect faunas from Tonsnes, northern Norway
Jennifer Roberts & Oliver Mentz: 2017 Expedition to British Stauning Alps, East Greenland
2016
Kirsty Black: Fieldwork in Svalbard at UNIS, on exchange from SAMS
2015
Total awarded: £2,650
Sam Black: SAMS/UNIS, Svalbard
Susannah Bolton: artist’s residency, Lofoten, Norway
Matthew Burke: BES Leadership training, Svalbard
Felix Butschek: SAMS/UNIS, Svalbard
Susannah Challinger: Northern Exposure, Arctic Skills, Svalbard
Jacob Cook: climbing expedition, Baffin Island, postponed to 2016
Joseph Cook: scientific research, SW Greenland
Joshua Key: BES Leadership training, Svalbard
John Lindle: geological mapping, SW Greenland
Patricia McCormack & Paul Quast: scientific research, Finnmark, Norway
Nora Mielke: scientific research (PhD), Svalbard
Benno Rawlinson: skiing expedition, Baffin Island, Canada
Ian Stevens: scientific research (PhD), Svalbard
Emily Turner: scientific research (PhD), Yukon, Canada
2014
Ashley Buchan & Ronan Dugan: 4-person, self organised, late-winter circular tour of Iceland
Matthew Burke: Northern Exposure, Polar skills course, Svalbard
Joseph Cook: University of Derby, Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland
Adam Davies: Banchory Academy, Harding Icefield, Alaska
Laura Duncan: BES participant, Arctic Finnmark Expedition, Northern Norway
Eleanor Hopkinson: BES participant, Arctic Finnmark Expedition, Northern Norway
Cameron Mackay: 6-person, research expedition, Russell glacier, Qangerlussuaq
Victoria Slaymark: Northern Exposure, Polar skills course, Svalbard
Alistair Walker: Students on Ice, Canada, Baffin Island & West Greenland
Emily White: Ocean Youth Trust, Inverness to Lofoten Islands
2013
Total awarded: £2,900
Anna Bidgood: Igaliku, Greenland Independent Expedition, University of Oxford
Ronan Dugan: Pinega, NW Russia Independent research on grouse
Mairi Gilmour: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Craig Mushet: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Andrea Ingram: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Edward Lavender: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Katie Lumsdaine: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Esme Moore: Finnmark, Norway British Exploring Society
Rosie Houlding: Svalbard SAMS/UNIS Fieldwork
Christine Lockwood: Svalbard SAMS/UNIS Fieldwork
Alexandra Messerli: Svartisen, Norway Ice cap research, University of Copenhagen
Jenny Newall: Svalbard Northern Exposure
Sylvan Rackham: Arctic Ocean Sailing expedition, Gordonstoun School
Fortrose Academy: Ammassilik, Greenland Student Exchange (13 pupils)
2012
Total awarded: £2,250
Kirsteen Allison: Svalbard SAMS/UNIS Fieldwork
Paul Rhodes: Svalbard SAMS/UNIS Fieldwork
Ashley Buchan: Qassiarsuk, South Greenland University of Edinburgh, Biodiversity honours dissertation fieldwork
Fortrose Academy: Gjoahaven, Nunavut Student Exchange
Lara Bentley: Finnmark, Norway BSES participant, Arctic Odyssey 3 weeks
Ryan McCafferty: Finnmark, Norway BSES participant, Arctic Odyssey 3 weeks
Eilidh McNab: Finnmark, Norway BSES participant, Arctic Odyssey 3 weeks
Iain McClenaghan: Finnmark, Norway BSES participant, Arctic Odyssey 5 weeks
Rebecca McFarlane: Finnmark, Norway BSES participant, Arctic Odyssey 5 weeks
2011
Total awarded: £2000
Jordan Grigor: Svalbard University in Svalbard, Research on zooplankton
Susanna Challinger: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic 5-week Adventure
Murray Mackenzie: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic 5-week Adventure
Jenny Newall: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic 5-week Adventure
Katy McCalister: Svalbard BSES participant, Extreme Arctic
Kevin Meldrum: Svalbard BSES participant, Extreme Arctic
Benjamin Turner: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic 3-week Adventure
Ashley Buchan: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic Environmental Studies
Theodore Weiss: Svalbard BSES participant, Arctic Skills
2010
Total awarded: £1,500
Fortrose Academy: Exchange visit from Gjoa Haven school Donald Balfour
Banchory Academy: Harding Ice Field, Alaska Niall Ritchie
Timothy Hunter: Svalbard BSES participant
2009
Total awarded: £1,450
Ronan Dugan, Alaska
Allen Farrington East Greenland Glasgow Academy
Thomas Gormley East Greenland BSES participant
2008
Total awarded: £1,700
Alison Davies Svalbard BSES participant
Saul Ormiston Svalbard BSES participant
Fraser Sutherland Svalbard BSES participant
Kim Thomson Svalbard BSES participant
2007
Total awarded: £900
RH: Disko Island, W Greenland BSES Assistant Leader
RD: Skalaness, E Iceland Work experience
MG: Scoresbysund,E Greenland W Lancashire Scouts
2006
Total awarded: £250
The Glasgow Academy: Milne Land, E Greenland
NR: Svalbard BSES
2005
Total awarded: £450
SA: Svalbard BSES, Science Leader
LT: Svalbard BSES
LM: Svalbard BSES
2004
Total awarded: £0
2003
Total awarded: £800
ST: Liverpool Land, E Greenland BSES
HM: Liverpool Land,E Greenland BSES
PR: Baffin Island Aberdeen University
2002
Total awarded: £200
DS Svalbard BSES
2001
Total awarded: £0
2000
Total awarded: £300
JA: West Greenland BSES Research
DL: Svalbard Aberdeen University
1999
Total awarded £0
1998
Total awarded: £300
SM “Footsteps of Parry”
AP & TA Spitzbergen North to south crossing
RH & PB Greenland BSES
1997
Total awarded: £100
PW 7 PB Greenland Stirling University