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Mongolia 2011 Expedition Team
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Lectures

JFA
30/01/2012
South Georgia, Shackleton and the SES
Julian Freeman-Attwood
John Hare
12/03/2012
Return to Lop Nur and the Poisoned Spring
John Hare
Gearon
02/05/2012
The Sahara: From Rock Art to Revolutions and SES AGM
Eammon Gearon
Mike Laird
17/09/2012
Australia – In the Footsteps of Burke and Wills
Mike Laird
17 Indonesia
26/11/2012
The Mirror Never lies – A Story of Hope
Steve Oliver


Latest News

18/01/2012
John Davies
SES Trustee
12/12/2011
Bear Grylls
Honorary Membership

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Expedition Galleries

Mongolia 2011 Expedition Team
Mongolia 2011
13/07/11 (6 related images.)

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Stuck on the road to Aishalton
Guyana 2010 - Guyana 2010 Gallery
16/11/10 (31 related images.)

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A tricky crossing
Bolivia 2009 - KM VII Gallery 2
26/08/09 (22 related images.)

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Latest Blogs

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Mongolia 2011
Julia Sharpe
15th Jul 2011
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Mongolia 2011
Julia Sharpe
12th Jul 2011
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Future Expeditions

A tricky crossing
Kota Mama VIII 2012
18 days
August 2012

Bolivia
VG1
Ecuador Expedition 2012
16 days
September 2012

Waorani Tribe
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Iraq 2012
14 days
October 2012

Marshlands of Southern Iraq
Recent Expeditions

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Expedition to Guyana - October 2010
22 days
October 2010

JBS and team completed a successful expedition to Guyana
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The Giant Elephant Quest
14 days
February 2010

PLEASE NOTE THESE EXPEDITIONS ARE NOW FULL
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Kota Mama VII, Bolivia - 2009
45 days
July 2009

Read about the amazing time JBS and the team had in Bolivia
A fantastic close up view of elephants crossing the river
Sabah, Borneo 2008
15 days
September 2008

The team joined forces to characterise a newly-discovered Borneo subspecies of elephant.
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