Having never kayaked before, Ian set off to hike and paddle Sri Lanka’s longest river from source to sea. From the country’s third highest peak – Totapola Kanda – Ian travelled through tea plantations, ancient city-states, and modern tourist destinations. This journey challenged his ideas of river travel and demonstrated the difficulties of water security for developing nations.
If you are already eligible for Chartered Geographer but haven't yet found the time to complete your application, why not make it your new year’s resolution to attend our application accelerator sessions in 2023?
The Society's new exhibition – Everest through the lens – opens today to mark the centenary of the first European expeditions to Mount Everest.
Between 2016 and 2019, the Society supported over 230 projects. We caught up with four of the recipients to hear about their projects and how support from our grants programme aided their research.
The first in the next batch of episodes of our partnered BBC Radio 4 series, 39 ways to save the planet, will be broadcast today.
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