Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer, Author and Blogger. He spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles through 60 countries and 5 continents. More recently Alastair has walked across the Rub’ al Khali, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, run 6 marathons through the Sahara desert, completed a crossing of Iceland and participated in an expedition in the Arctic, close to the magnetic North Pole.
Arita Baaijens is a Dutch explorer, biologist, author, photographer. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers Club, Long Riders Guild and WINGS Worldquest. She won the Women of Discovery Humanity Award 2014 and has published several books and wrote numerous articles about her journeys. The book Desert Songs won an award in 2008.
Charles Foster is an inspiring explorer and acclaimed writer. Much of his life is spent on expeditions, particularly to desert and savannah regions. He has worked on many scientific projects, in Saudi Arabia and in the Kumaon Hills of northern India. Ultimately they are all attempts to answer the questions ‘Who or what are we’ and ‘what on earth are we doing here?
Dr. Gernot Groemer is a space reseacher at the Austrian Space Forum with a PhD in Exploration Astrobiology. An Expedition leader for various Mars Analogue Research Missions which involved 100+ team members from 23 nations. As an educator, Gernot has delivered lectures on planetology and exploration astrobiology. With a passion for cutting-edge space research and skill at story-telling, Gernot gives presentations which are inspiring, educational and entertaining.
James Borrell is a conservation biologist with a passion for exploration and adventure. His first expedition experience was a month spent in the rainforests of Madagascar at the age of 17. Subsequently he has been involved with several further expeditions to Norway and the Peruvian Amazon, conducted field research in South Africa, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and travelled overland from London to Istanbul in search of Europe’s remaining wild places. Just back from a field trip to the highlands of Scotland, James is planning to undertake field research in Northern Lapland later this summer.
Jut Wynne, PhD(c), is a conservation biologist who has bushwacked through the jungles of Belize, rappelled into the deepest volcanic pit in Hawaii, endured the world’s driest desert in northern Chile, used cutting edge instruments onboard NASA aircraft, and traveled to the most remote inhabited place on earth, Easter Island - just to learn more about caves.
Leon McCarron is a Northern Irish adventurer, filmmaker, writer and motivational speaker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and specializes in long distance, human-powered expeditions. In Winter 2011-2012 Leon walked 3000 miles across China, filming for a National Geographic TV show along the way. The journey took him six months; walking a marathon a day for six days a week and carrying a 30kg pack. Two days afer returning home, Leon was honoured to carry the Olympic Flame along a section of the Northern Irish coast as part of the London 2012 relay.