Adventurer, Inspirational Speaker. First & only solo row USA-UK. Led Greenland to Scotland Kayak. Executive Director of The Arksen Foundation. RTW Row in works.
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Joined October 2010
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Olly Hicks retweeted
Standing applause on adoption of BBNJ Agreement
@HighSeasAllianc – at Manhattan, NY
Help Ash and her mighty sled hounds represent Great Britain at the Europeans Champs
gofund.me/f7d0f5f5
Olly Hicks retweeted
Are you going to Antarctica this season & based in the UK? We’re looking for polar explorers to take down a set of digital tech enabled postcards and record their journey along the way. From Antarctica, the postcards will be sent to primary schools in South East London
Olly Hicks retweeted
A celebrated Ukrainian medic strapped on a body camera to record her time in Mariupol and give the world a firsthand look at the city’s unfolding horror.
Then Russian forces took her captive. apne.ws/xkrKAhs
Olly Hicks retweeted
When people ask what me the spirit is like in Kyiv, this pretty much is it, bottled up, in one video.
Olly Hicks retweeted
Remembering those journalists who’ve been murdered in Ukraine @reflextv @rosamundpikeon #straightfromthefrontline
Straight From The Frontline
gofund.me/0d7872e0 Straight From The FrontLine will work hard to keep those reporting as safe as possible and ensure that their work gets out and is widely seen.
Straight From the Frontline campaign seeks to raise £100k - Please support.
Olly Hicks retweeted
Oh! Someone’s suggesting @RussianEmbassy hasn’t seen this image. They’re the guys who said the bomb on Mariupol maternity hospital was a fake & the bleeding pregnant women were crisis actors. Would hate for them to miss it!
Very proud to have been part of this tonight. @frontlineclub projected the Ukrainian flag onto the Russian embassy in London tonight to support the work of independent journalists reporting from Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Olly Hicks retweeted
Woohoo!
Important developments for our 🌍 efforts to protect #Antarctica 🇦🇶 at our 2nd Ministerial conference!
Warmly welcoming South Korea 🇰🇷, India 🇮🇳 & Ukraine 🇺🇦 who have just announced their co-sponsorship to our 🇪🇺 proposal for the protection of East Antarctica & the Weddell Sea!
Olly Hicks retweeted
ANNOUNCEMENT: In two weeks I will attempt the toughest swim of my life across Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord. There is no better place in the world to show the dramatic impact of the Climate Crisis. This is ground zero. 🏊♂️🇬🇱🧊 #ClimateSwim
lewispughfoundation.org/news…
Olly Hicks retweeted
Underscoring key steps for #ocean #climate action @wef Virtual Ocean Dialogues, @ZacGoldsmith: nature must be at the heart of tackling climate change and announces @DefraGovUK full membership of @ORRAAnews as part of their @G7 and @COP26 leadership to build ocean resilience.
Olly Hicks retweeted
Join us and record-breaking polar explorers @polarben and @robertcswan around our virtual campfire as we discuss how 21st-century exploration can help tackle the #ClimateCrisis and shape the lives of future generations eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-do-…
Olly Hicks retweeted
Only 1/3 of UK’s key fish populations are not overfished.
Very simple solution. Ban supertrawlers and all bottom trawling & fishing in MPAs.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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A few tickets still left for Thursday's 'Night-in Adventure' event - the 2020, online version of the annual Night of Adventure. Please join us from wherever you are in the world! Tickets here: buff.ly/36i0EQ2 All proceeds to charity, as always.
One of the greatest small boat journeys ever?? Definitely a contender for the greatest high latitude voyage and a high scorer in the improbable success stakes! Shackleton's Boat Journey is a great read...
‘One of the greatest voyages’ #OnThisDay #OTD in 1916, at the end of a 1500km voyage from Elephant Island over 16 days, Shackleton and 5 others landed the 'James Caird' on South Georgia; brilliantly navigated by Frank Worsley
Dive into a series of short films about the people behind the @arksenproject - starting with yours truly!
arksen.com/arksen-origins/
Great to still be able to do inspirational talks despite lockdown - thanks to Zoom. Pleasure talking to the good folks @DonPapaRum all around the world, thanks - PM me if your company could do with some ocean adventure during lockdown!
Excited to announce I've recently joined the @arksenproject team as Executive Director of the Arksen Foundation - revolutionising philanthropic funding for the OCEAN ow.ly/4tmO50znE6V
The world just got a whole lot smaller.... 5G coverage on Mount Everest! Good & bad but certainly removes some of the wildness.
ow.ly/MZuW50znzVG