Amazon expedition prepares to leave

As the BSES office makes the final preparations YE's and Leaders alike begin their bag packing and the excitement rises.

Expedition Info

Click the interactive pdf below to read a brief overview of this year's extreme Arctic expedition:

Read more about the expedition on the BSES website - CLICK HERE

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BSES is a youth development charity that has been running fieldwork expeditions since 1932. Our work simply wouldn't be possible without our funders, supporters and fantastic volunteer leaders.

If you feel you would like to contribute towards expeditions in future years and help more young people develop into more rounded individuals, you can do so by clicking the link below.

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Amazon Expedition 2010

This expedition will be running again next year to enable us to conduct year on year fieldwork and build up a body of knowledge.

We are now taking applications for next years expedition as well as other 2010 summer expeditions:

Peruvian Amazon - Indian Himalaya - Svalbard Summer - Arctic Kayaking - Svalbard Spring

If you are between 16-23 and up for a potentially life-changing challenge, download an application form HERE

It could be you next year!

Team Amazon 2009

A BSES expedition is formed of one or more 'fires'. A Fire is a group of people that historically would hold 12 people in total as this was the number that the founding member of the society, Surgeon Commander George Murray Levick , believed fitted best around a camp fire.

The members of each Fire can be seen below:

	Fire A	Fire B
	Caiman	Wild
Leader	Chris Stubbs	Tom Sargeant
Leader	Steph Law	Abbie Garrington
Young	Nick Baxter	Dan Brydon
Explorers	Issachar Dieng	Laura Collins
	Elizabeth Emmerson	Katherine Edgar
	Jack Flanagan	Arabella Fox
	Ali Gardner	Sally Gittings
	Becky Harris	Alex Helliar
	Brittany Harris	Sophie McDonald
	Adam Jackson	Amalie Rieber-Mohn
	Linn Klausen	Catherine Stuttard
	Rose Leeson	Phoebe Tickell
	Riana Mallon	Ben Toms
	Ralph Wainer
	Fire C	Fire D
	Ucayali	Tribe
Leader	John Lowry	George Bullard
Leader	Karina Tarling	Theresa Meacham
Young	Daniel Betney	Grace Boardman
Explorers	Sarah Edwards	Annabel Clark
	Als Everest	Sophie Edgell
	Daniel Hughes	Anastasia Kim
	Lorna Johnston	Aaron Le Flohic Gillies
	James King	Megan Lister
	Anna MacDonald	Carly Madgin
	Emily Patterson	Joanna Rothwell
	Jack Pitts	Katie sanderson
	Daniella Rabaiotti	Ricardo Weekes Johnson
	Kyana Terrelunge	Samuel Whitaker
	Hannah Thomas	Tim Wilson