Teamwork can make or break an expedition. So what affects how your group gels together in the field? Dr Nathan Smith, founder of the online School for Psychology in Extremes, In Extremis, gives us an overview of the factors at play.

Dr Tom Everett discusses the challenges surrounding the historic 2016 mid-winter medevac by Twin Otter aircraft from the remote US Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole.

Looking after vulnerable adults or young people? We asked Jono Oldershaw, registered Social Worker with a specialist interest in international Child Protection and Mental Health to give us a common sense approach to safeguarding on expedition.

Dr Sarah Wookey, retired GP and humanitarian medical volunteer, has written a short essay highlighting the harsh reality of effectively looking after people at a Greek refugee camp in Leros.

The University of Edinburgh APEX 5 organising team, and Adventure Medic Student Rep Rebecca Trimble, reflect on their work investigating the impact of hypoxia and altitude on a research trip to Bolivia in 2016.

Tom Bennett, our 2017 Elective Competition winner, on his elective, and trip of a lifetime, to the north of India, with the Himalayan Health Exchange.

Dr Will Duffin, a Bristol-based GP and expedition medic, recalls his recent experience of being caught in the path of a forest fire whilst providing medical cover for a charity trekking trip in Madagascar.

Matthew Villegas explores a frozen quarry in this haunting clip

In 2016, Philippa Hardy travelled to Nepal, spending time alongside Professors Upendra Devkota and Henry Marsh at the National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences (NINAS) in Kathmandu. At a general surgical camp in Ghorka District, she encountered a desperate situation with no easy answer.

Come along to this celebration of discovery, but be warned, itchy feet are inevitable