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Our podcast series, Explore: how to plan an expedition, focuses on how to plan an expedition or field research project.

Commissioned by the Society, produced by The Adventure Podcast and hosted by filmmaker and photographer Matt Pycroft, the series introduces expedition planning and shares insights into how to get involved in the worlds of exploration and field research. Each episode features stimulating conversations with experienced voices and those who have recently returned from the field.

Informative, educational, and entertaining, the series is intended to inspire you to undertake you own expeditions – big or small in scope, long or short in duration.

The episodes are listed below, and you can listen to them onÌýÌýor by searching for ‘The Adventure Podcast’ wherever you get your podcasts.

Person measuring the size of a mark on the side of a rock in a rocky landscape.
© Alex Ingle


Listen to Matt introduce the seriesÌýÌý

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Designing a successful field research project with James Borrell and Katie Willis.

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Five Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance with Stephen Jones, Nigel Winser, Felicity Aston.

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Who’s paying? The reality of funding with Ben Saunders, Tom Allen, Eleanor Drinkwater, Shane Winser.

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Camp life: Deserts with Mark Evans.

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Leadership, teamwork and competence with Lucy Shepherd, James Dyer, Emily Penn.

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Camp life: Polar with Felicity Aston.

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Ethical fieldwork with Alasdair Harris.

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Camp life: Jungle with Waldo Etherington.

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Health and safety with Megan Hine, Waldo Etherington and Aldo Kane.

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Camp life: Mountains with Jon Gupta.

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Telling the story with Leon McCarron.

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Communicating scientific discoveries with Heidi Sevestre.


Coming homeÌýwith Sophie Redlin.

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The future of exploration with Sophie Roberts, Oliver Steeds, Leo Houlding, and Dr Heidi Sevestre.