Polar Bears at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is one of the few zoos in the UK to care for polar bears. The 6 bears that they care for is one the biggest polar bear conversation projects in the world outside of Canada. Yorkshire Wildlife Park have created Project Polar in which they are tryingRead More

Our Amazing Runners Made It!

Today, 06.04.25, our 5 fabulous runners completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2025. Matt, Sam, Amy, Dean and Karen were fantastic to watch as they raced around London and taking in all the historic sights. The Arctic Quest team had the opportunity to watch and cheer them on at theRead More

Geocaching Coin Adventures- Race Against Time

Just before Christmas 2024, one of our Team Leaders, Ricky Baker, decided to create a Geocaching Coin that would undertake its own journey from New Zealand, the birth place of Frank Worsley, to Svalbard, the destination of the 1926 British Arctic Expedition for which Worsley was a co-lead. PurposeThis missionRead More

Annual Auction

Every December from 2023 to 2025 we are holding an auction to raise funds for the Kent Scouts ArcticQuest2026 Polar Research Project. If you do win an item we welcome an optional additional contribution towards postage costs. This is mandatory for international bidders at a fair international postage rate forRead More

Updates!

Our 5 heroic runners all managed to complete the London Landmarks Half Marathon as well as fundraise almost £3000! Learn more about this by reading our most recent post here!

Exciting news, we are over half way there! We continue to climb slowly and steadily to our target of £133,320 and we have many exciting fundraising initiatives and projects coming up. In the meantime the quickest way to donate is through our JustGiving: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/arcticquest

We also welcome to our new team leader Paige! You can meet the team and find out more about them.

Read our recent post on our project skills learning day at Wildwood Trust Kent. Click here now!

Check out Lydia and Ricky’s cute polar bear pics from Yorkshire Wildlife Park!

Our Expedition

  • VOYAGE – An adventurous expedition ‘Under sail in the Frozen North’.
  • PROJECTS – Undertake group & personal projects and present the results.
  • WORSLEY – Celebrate the achievements of Frank Worsley.
  • OUTREACH – Share the experience with thousands of young people.

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