APECS welcomes Antony Jinman to the Council and into the role as the head of the Education and Outreach Committee. Antony is the founder of the organization ‘Education through Expeditions’. Education Through Expeditions has given over 200 school talks and workshops on polar and marine science and expedition life to date. Antony will lead the Education and Outreach Committee and APECS looks forward to his ideas and plans for this committee. Welcome Antony!

Antony Jinman:

The Polar Regions are very much my passion whether on an expedition or through sharing my experiences within schools or the wider community. For me, travel has always made curriculum subjects at school come alive and embarking on expeditions teaches us so much more about ourselves. From my earliest projects I found an equally

rewarding passion, that was sharing those experiences with others. Through the use of satellite communication I started looking at the internet as a means to share expedition life with schools from all over the world and pioneered a delivery platform for schools called Education Through Expeditions. This platform allows schools to follow a live expedition via an online 3D mapping system, read a daily blog with pictures and video and ultimately to interact direct with the expedition team and ask questions on a secure discussion board. Through this system our panel of polar experts and team members can discuss student’s questions, enhance their learning experience and make the classroom come alive. Education Through Expeditions has given over 200 school talks and workshops on polar and marine science and expedition life to date. We have also been very successful at running a program of widening participation projects within the community called Polar Fun Days.