Mountain climber, polar explorer and Mungo Park Medallist Myrtle Simpson visits a remote part of West Greenland on a three-week canoeing and camping trip with her grandchildren - her idea of the perfect family adventure! Read more
In March 2021, we were delighted to present our prestigious Livingstone Medal to Ban Ki-moon, in recognition of his positive contribution and long-standing dedication to global humanitarian issues on a wide number of fronts. Read more
Jo Woolf discovers RSGS’s special connection with the captain of HMS Enterprise, who joined the hunt for a lost Arctic expedition. Read more
Engaging stories, topical articles and fascinating insights from across the RSGS network.
In the early hours of 21st July 1969, inside the small, cramped space of their landing capsule, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were trying to get to sleep... Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
"Shackleton held audiences in the palm of his hand as he described horrifying dangers and deprivations." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
“A matter-of-fact lady, a little thick, black-haired girl, sturdy and all I want . . .” Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
"I am forming a plan for getting farther into the mountains . . ." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
“. . . I had heard the call of the wild on star-lit nights under the Northern Lights; I had slept in a snow-hut; I had broken a new trail at the foot of the splintered Endicotts, and my heart beat for the wilderness.” Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
"Scott and Shackleton at the same table, exchanging mild insults over the brandy?" Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence. Read more
"65 years since Everest was first climbed, we look back on the visit of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir John Hunt…" Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence. Read more
In February 1897, Dr Fridtjof Nansen visited Scotland to address RSGS audiences about his recent expedition towards the North Pole, and to receive the Society’s Gold Medal. Read more
“When I first put forth my plan to cross Greenland most people said I was either mad or tired of my life.” (SGM, 1889) Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence. Read more
We climbed great precipices in search of plants, the nicest of which always select the most abominable situations". Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
“With the recent eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, we take a look back at a visit to the volcano by Isabella Bird, 145 years ago…” Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer in Residence. Read more
"Presentation of Mungo Park Medal to Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg" Read more
"A Royal Occasion at RSGS." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
"Escaping from Turkestan was hideously dangerous". Story of Frederick Marshman Bailey. Written by Jo Woolf RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
Jason Lewis has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS). Read more
"Suddenly we all exclaimed: ‘The summit!’” Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
"Above us the start twinkled in the Cloudless sky...". Written by Col John Blashford-Snell Read more
" explorers often had to deal with puzzling phenomena" Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence Read more
Obituary written by Professor Michael Pacione MA PhD DSc FRSGS Emeritus Professor of Geography University of Strathclyde Read more
"The recipient of the RSGS Livingstone Medal in 1926, Cobham was a pioneer in so many ways. " Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence. Read more