Adventurous science

Not all chemists wear white coats. Some wear crampons and glacier goggles and tramp around remote hillsides with a camera, notebook, sample vial, pH paper, penknife and battery-powered air pump in their backpacks along with essentials for several weeks of wild camping.

There are still remote places in the world to explore and investigate with science. You may picture Captain Scott or other bearded men from the heroic age of exploration and science and think that was a bygone era. But new discoveries are still being made, and we are still best able to learn about our environment by sampling and testing it. If you are tired of sitting in a classroom and preparing for exams and want to see what field scientists do, why not join a science expedition with British Exploring? If you have a keen sense of adventure and a thirst for knowledge, you might discover a passion for understanding the Earth and its environment.