BSES Expeditions is a youth development charity based in the United Kingdom. It operates expeditions for young people, to wilderness environments. The expeditions aim to develop confidence, teamwork and the spirit of adventure. BSES also promote awareness of the natural environment through scientific projects. BSES Expeditions is the longest running and most experienced youth organisation of its kind. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity. ... Confidence is trust or faith that a person or thing is capable. ... Teamwork is the concept of people working together cooperatively, as in a sports team. ... Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Youth organization is a formal organization aimed at children and adolescents for education and socialization. ...

History

BSES Expeditions is a youth development charity that organises challenging scientific expeditions to remote, wild environments to develop the confidence, teamwork, leadership and spirit of adventure and exploration of its Young Explorers. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... Confidence is trust or faith that a person or thing is capable. ... Teamwork is the concept of people working together cooperatively, as in a sports team. ... The word leadership can refer to: The process of leading. ... Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

BSES Expeditions is one of the longest running and most unique youth development charities of its kind. Based at the Royal Geographical Society, BSES Expeditions was founded in 1932, by an original member of Captain Scott’s final Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13, George Murray Levick to provide young people with an intense and lasting experience of self-discovery in some of the world’s last true wilderness environments around today. The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Sir Joseph... George Murray Levick (1877-1956), founder of the British Schools Exploring Society. ... Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity. ...

For over 75 years, BSES Expeditions has provided the opportunity for young people, aged 16-23 years old, from different schools, universities and many other walks of life to take part in valuable adventure and environmental research projects in challenging areas of the world from the Arctic to the Amazon Rainforest. Led by experts drawn from a host of professions such as universities, teaching and The Services, all the expeditions aim to help in the development of young people through the challenge of living and working in remote and testing areas of the world. Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border Satellite image of the Arctic surface The Arctic is the region around the Earths North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. ... Map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. Yellow line encloses the Amazon rainforest. ...

Previous names for the society were:

• The Public Schools Exploring Society
• The British Schools Exploring Society

Membership

BSES is a society which is formed from those who have taken part in a BSES Expedition. Typically, students of age 16-23 apply to take part in an expedition. They are selected by interview, and are then members of an expedition, known as a Young Explorer ("YE"). When a YE successfully completes an expedition, and on the recommendation of the expedition Chief Leader, they are admitted to the society. Society members may vote in the AGM, and help to govern the future of the society. One other way of entering the society is by becoming a leader. Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... AGM is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Absorbent glass mat AGM battery is a composition by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, dating from 1979 Air-to-ground missile American General Media Annual General Meeting Aorta-gonad-mesonephros Area General Manager Arithmetic-geometric mean Assistant GameMaster Association Genevoise...

Activities

Expedition locations

BSES is most renowned for its expeditions to the Arctic. However, BSES Expeditions also mounts expeditions to warm climates.

Places visited by BSES Expeditions:

• Alaska
• Antarctica
• Canada
• Finland
• Greenland
• Iceland
• India
• Kenya
• KwaZulu Natal
• Ladakh
• Province of Lapland
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Newfoundland
• Norway
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Peruvian Andes
• Sinai
• Spitzbergen
• Svalbard
• Sweden
• Tanzania
• The Amazon
• Tien Shan
• Zimbabwe

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Funding

Where the money comes from

BSES science projects

Early expeditions collected valuable fieldwork data and brought back specimens for the Natural History Museum and the British Museum. These days BSES collaborate with a range of scientific research institutions from universities and world-respected scientists; to in-country NGOs and conservation organisations. Some of the organisations BSES currently have links with include the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), The British Mountaineering Council (BMC), Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), University of Cambridge and the Peruvian University of Amazonian Studies. For other similarly-named museums see Museum of Natural History. ... The British Museum in London, England is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. ... The Wildlife Conservation Society, (WCS), endeavours to save wildlife and wild lands though careful use of science, conservation around the world, education and through a system of urban wildlife parks. ... The British Mountaineering Council (or BMC) is the national representative body of the UK that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. ... The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology is a graduate school and institute under the University of Kent, started in 1989 and named in honour of the famous British naturalist Gerald Durrell. ... The Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is centre for research into both polar regions. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...

The expeditions contribute to long-term research projects by:

• Helping gather objective scientific data
• Funding and training local fieldworkers and university students
• Involvement in local community conservation and education initiatives

Many of the Society’s full members, who qualify as such by successfully completing a BSES expedition, have gone on to play a leading role in major international adventurous and scientific projects.

Notable BSES members

The society has a strong record of developing young people and its alumni include:

Professor David Rhind, Vice-Chancellor of City University, London, began his early surveying with BSES Expeditions as a Young Explorer in a 1962 expedition to Swedish Lapland. Prof Rhind was previously Director General and Chief Executive of The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (1992-98). City University London is a British university based at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell, London (). Its official name is The City University. ... Swedish Lappland is a Swedish province in northernmost Sweden. ...

BSES president Field Marshal Sir John Chapple GCB CBE DL went on an expedition in the 1950s and went on to become a the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1989 and 1992. He also served as Governor of Gibraltar from 1993 to 1995. Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1989 and 1992. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

Roald Dahl, author, joined a BSES expedition to Newfoundland at eighteen, instead of entering university. Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Authorship redirects here. ... For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...

Admiral of the Fleet Terence Lewin, Baron Lewin, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC went to Newfoundland with BSES in 1938 as one of the first young explorers from a state school (The Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent). Influenced by his leader on the expedition he entered the Navy in 1939 where he served with distinction being mentioned in dispatches three times and being awarded the DSC. Post war he rose rapidly through the ranks and was eventually appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff . He was Chief of the Defence Staff and member of the War Cabinet during the Falklands War and it was for this role and also his longer term contribution to the restructuring of the Armed Forces in the 1980s that he was created a life peer, as Baron Lewin, of Greenwich in Greater London, and appointed a Knight of the Garter. The Right Honourable Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC (1920-1999) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy. ... The Judd School is a voluntary aided grammar school in the town of Tonbridge in Kent, England. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ...

He has been called one of the greatest military leaders of the late 20th century. He retired from service in late 1982 and went on to Chair the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom, and one of the most important in the world. ...

Tori James was a Young Explorer on a BSES Expedition in 2000 to the Vatnajokull Glacier in Iceland. She went on to work in the BSES office for 3 years. In 2005, Tori joined the Pink Lady® PoleCats team and became the youngest ever female to complete The Scott Dunn Polar Challenge, a gruelling 360-mile race to the Magnetic North Pole. Vatnajökull (pronounced vatnajöküdll) is the largest glacier in Iceland. ... The Polar Challenge is a competitive, 350 nautical mile team Polar Race in the Arctic, to the 1996 location of the Magnetic North Pole and beyond. ... This is about the geographic meaning of North Pole. ...

On 2nd October 2005 Tori became the "highest Welsh woman ever" having summited the world's sixth highest mountain, Cho Oyu (8,201m). Tori became the youngest British female and first Welsh woman to climb Everest when she summited in May 2007. Cho Oyu (or Qowowuyag; in Nepal चोयु, Tibetan in Wylie transliteration: jo bo dbu yag; Chinese: 卓奧有山, Pinyin: Zhuóàoyǒu Shān) is the sixth highest mountain in the world. ...

BSES Patrons, Appeal Patrons and Honorary Members

- Dr Ian Y Ashwell PhD MA
- Sir David Attenborough CH CVO CBE FRS, One of the world's best known broadcasters and naturalists. Widely considered one of the pioneers of the nature documentary
- Tom Avery, The youngest Briton to ski to the South Pole
- George Band, British mountaineer. , he was the youngest person on the 1953 Everest expedition. Chairman of the Himalayan Trust (UK)
- Christina Bassadone
- Saskia Clark
- Professor David Bellamy OBE, English botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental
- Lady Bishop
- Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE
- Sir Christian John Storey Bonington CBE, One of the world's most experienced and successful mountaineers. His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest and the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna.
- The Rt Hon The Lord Brabourne
- Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 200 companies
- Julian Brazier TD MP, British politician
- The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Conservative Party
- Baron Chorley, Hereditary peer in the House of Lords
- Sir Gordon Conway KCMG FRS
- Dr Sundeep Dhillon
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes British explorer and holder of several endurance records. First man to visit both the north and south poles by land Bt OBE
- Dame Mary Glen Haig
- Michael Gove MP, British politician
- Vice Admiral Michael Gretton CB
- Mr E W Groves
- Hon Lt Cdr Bear Grylls (RNR), British explorer and youngest Britain to climb Everest
- Pen Hadow British explorer. First man to walk solo and unsupported to the North Geographic Pole
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- Dr John Hemming CMG br />
- Sir Wally Herbert, Polar explorer, writer and artist KT
- Sir Edmund Hillary KG KBE, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer
- Dr Sir Martin Holdgate CB
- Sir David King ScD FRS Chief Scientific Advisor to H.M. Government and Head of the Office of Science and Innovation
- Neil Laughton
- Dr Phillip G Law AC CBE
- Dr Hal Lister
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- Joanna Lumley, English actress
- Sir Mark Moody-Stuart KCMG, Chairman of Anglo American plc and an ex-chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and a director of HSBC Holdings and of Accenture. He is a member of the UN Secretary General's Advisory Council for the Global Compact
- Polly Murray, British explorer and first Scottish female to summit Mount Everest
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- Sir Christopher Ondaatje OC CBE, Sri Lankan Canadian businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and Olympian.
- Borge Ousland, Norwegian polar explorer, photographer and writer
- Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE FRAeS RAF (Retd)
- Professor David Rhind CBE FRS FRGS FBA FRICS BSc
- Aubrey Roberts
- Paul Rose, BBC television presenter, explorer, expedition leader and British Antarctic Survey base commander
- Ben Saunders, An adventurer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker. He is best known for solo skiing to the North Pole in 2004, when he became the fourth in history and the youngest by ten years to reach the North Pole alone. He made three separate attempts to reach the North Pole between the ages of 23 and 26, skiing over 1200 miles (2000 kilometers) in the Arctic. He is the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by someone of British nationality
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- Lord Stevens of Kirkwelpington QPM DL
- Mr Robert Swan OBE
- Mr and Mrs Roland Tucker
- Mr J Vermillion
- Sir Peter Williams
- Nigel de N Winser, Executive Director, Earthwatch Institute.
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See also

• George Murray Levick - the founder of BSES Expeditions.

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External links

• www.bses.org.uk BSES Expeditions website