About this Event
In 2023, the esteemed panel of judges for the Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions chose Pen Hadow as the medal's worthy winner for his dedication to creating conservation area status for the international waters of the Arctic Ocean. Join us at the Shackleton Flagship store for an evening with Pen Hadow, full of of stories of Arctic Exploration and environmental advocacy.
Pen Hadow made his first Arctic expedition in 1989, set up the world’s first guide service to the North Pole in 1995, and co-organised the first all-women expedition to the North Pole in 1997.
A world-class explorer focused on the Arctic Ocean, he is now dedicated to the United Nations process that will enable protection for the wildlife and ecosystem in the international waters around the North Pole.
Hadow is director of the 90North (Ltd), an independent, not-for-profit, which advocates for the creation of conservation area status for the international waters of the Arctic Ocean. In support of this work, he is also director of the scientific research and public engagement programme, Arctic Mission.
In 2017 he launched the Arctic Mission programme by sailing two 50’ yachts into the North Pole’s international waters, the first non-icebreaking vessels in history to do so. The voyage demonstrated the increasing accessibility of these waters to commercial shipping, fishing, tourism and mineral extraction, and therefore the associated threats to the wildlife, already stressed by their reduced sea-ice cover habitat.
Previously, Hadow led the multi-award-winning US$10m international scientific research programme, Catlin Arctic Survey (2007-2012) investigating the rates, causes and impacts of the Arctic’s rapidly melting sea ice. It secured the equivalent of US$112 million worth of public communications about the Arctic Ocean’s environmental issues.
We would like to welcome you to the Shackleton Flagship store to hear Hadow's unique insights into polar exploration, research and conservation.
Event Details
Date: 27th November, 2024
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Shackleton 214 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7BX
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Shackleton Store Piccadilly, 214 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
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