Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson is founder of the Polar Academy, a project aimed at instilling confidence and self-belief in the youth of Scotland through participation in polar expeditions. He is explorer in residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and a committee member of the Explorers Club Great Britain and Ireland Chapter. He is passionate about inspiring the next generation of leaders and explorers, using his personal experience of ‘inspiration through exploration’ in the military and as a mountaineer in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.