Our Baffin Island 2010 School Outreach Work
Posted in Education, Schools 4 days ago
“Throughout the school educational programme I have witnessed the students being inspired to learn; they have not only enjoyed learning about Baffin Island, the expedition, the Inuit’s, the animals, the plants and way of life but it helped facilitate their questioning of climate change, and how our way of life may affect others on this Earth.” Rachel Tate
Ashfords and Bishop Fleming back Education Through Expeditions
Posted in Sponsors, Media 11 days ago
It is with great pleasure to officially welcome Ashfords and Bishop Fleming as the first sponsors for my community interest company, Education Through Expeditions. Ashfords support with the start up of the company and Bishop Flemings help with the company accounts and payroll has been crucial with the day to day running of the company. Their continual support has been crucial to start up of the company.
Great Evening with Plympton Rotary Club
Posted in Speaking, Events 14 days ago
“You have set the bar very high for the remaining speakers in our programme this year and I am sure that as a result of your talk, we, the Plympton Rotary Club will look to help support your future endeavours. In a short space of time you managed to inform, educate and entertain us in what was one of the (if not THE) best talks we have had at our Rotary club.”
Press Release - Baffin Island Expedition 2010
Posted in Media, Expedition 17 days ago
This August, Antony Jinman, will lead a team of nine graduates to Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic; exploring the Auyuittuq National Park (The Land that Never Melts), the Penny Ice Cap and living with the Inuit People. The purpose is to help continue Antony’s school outreach work, heightening awareness within schools of issues facing the Polar Regions, especially climate change. Baffin Island Expedition 2010 proposal.pdf
Graduate Internship Opportunity
Posted in Education, Articles 22 days ago
Following the launch of my non-profit outreach company Education Through Expeditions we now have an exciting opportunity to take on a Web Researcher/Content Developer starting the end July. Although this is currently a 8 week internship there is the possibility of a full time position after completion.
The only participant for education from the UK at the International Polar Year Conference in Oslo
Posted in Education, Media 25 days ago
I was selected as the UK’s only participant to the IPY teachers conference, to discuss ways of bringing polar science into the classroom. I joined 150 teachers and educators from around the world and 2,500 researchers and scientists for this week long conference in Oslo – Norway.
Fantastic resource for school teachers from the IPY
Posted in Education, Schools 31 days ago
The Polar Resource Book – Polar Science and Global Climate: An International Resource for Education and Outreach – was created to ensure efforts catalyzed by the International Polar Year (IPY) will continue to inspire educators, students, and emerging polar researchers into the next generation of young, international, polar researchers with a shared commitment to outreach and education.
Antony Jinman earns acclaim for Arctic expedition
Posted in Media, Schools 59 days ago
Receiving a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust’s medallion from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at London Guildhall, for my school outreach project on Baffin Island. A project focusing on comparing the arctic summer and winter seasons, living with the Inuit, the animals that live there and how climate change is threatening the arctic environment.
Social Entrepreneur Award shortlisted finalist
Posted in Media, Articles 63 days ago
I am delighted to have just found out that not only have I been nominateed for the Vice-Chancellor’s Social Entrepreneur Award but have also been shortlisted. I am very proud of this and want to say a huge thank you to everyone’s support and help over the past few years in making this happen. Really looking forward to the challenges of next few years.
Press Release - North Pole Expedition is a Success
Posted in Expedition, Media 69 days ago
Antony Jinman reached the North Pole on Earth Day on 22 April at 22.05 GMT. Antony and his team mates, Eric Larsen and Darcy St Laurent skied and snow shoed (and sometimes swam) over 500 miles from Cape Discovery to the North Pole for 51 days.
Promoting Projects
Antony Jinman is proud to promote other projects and expeditions that help to inspire children and the public on issues involving outdoor learning, or on the environment. It maybe that you are going on a research expedition or that you are a community project addressing green issues where you live. If so, we would like to hear from you and help promote your ventures.
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I am really looking forward to building a strong and lasting partnership with the Princes Trust, giving my full support so that I am able to give something back to my community and help make a difference to young peoples life’s.
Antony is a proud Ambassador of the Blue Climate and Ocean Project. BLUE connects people, their lifestyle and their passions by harnessing the popularity of adventure sports that showcase the natural environment.
Antony has been a Mountain Leader for BSES on a number of expeditions including the Andes in Peru and also Disko Island in Greenland. BSES is a charity which takes young explorers on expedition who Antony is proud to be helping to promote.
As the learned society and professional body for geography, we advance geographic research, nationally and globally, to improve understanding of our connected world. We support teaching, educating people as local and global citizens in a rapidly changing world, through formal learning, fieldwork and expeditions.