glacier with fjord and mountains in the background

Past Awards

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

Tom, Bethany & Hannah, SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland

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)

Vingerhagens & Ranfords’ camp, SAC Anniversary Expedition to East Greenland

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