Past Events
Expedition Medicine Weekend
The Oxford Arctic Centennial Expeditions Team organised an Expedition Medicine Weekend from 2-3 May 2026 at Exeter College, Oxford.
This was a full weekend of hands‑on training, community, and adventure‑driven learning. Highlights included practical, skills-heavy sessions teaching survival tactics like carrying techniques (rope use, Rautek manoeuvre), rescue blanket creativity (improvised backpack, insulation hacks), improvised stretchers and remote first aid kid essentials, SAM splinting, and dealing with hypothermia and frostbite.
The weekend also featured brunches, dinners, lectures, and socials.
2026 Expeditions Launch with Dr Cat Burford
The Oxford Arctic Centennial Expeditions Team and Exeter College of the University of Oxford hosted Dr Cat Burford on Sunday, 23 November 2025 for an exclusive black-tie guest night in the Exeter College Hall to celebrate the launch of the 2026 Arctic Expeditions.
Dr Cat Burford is the 13th woman to ski 708 miles solo and unsupported to the South Pole. She is passionate about using adventurous journeys to inspire, challenge stereotypes, and highlight both the urgent realities of climate change and the hidden barriers that still exist for women in polar exploration. During the night, Cat shared personal insights into her ski journey across Antarctica to the South Pole and her upcoming traverse of Svalbard.
All profits from dinner tickets went to funding three student-led Arctic research teams conducting fieldwork in Svalbard, Greenland, and Iceland in 2026.