In the last 6 months, Neil has had the pleasure of working with many wonderful client organisations including Identity Holdings, Equitix, Atlas Ocean Voyages, Jaspar Group, Visit Britain and Airbnb. This review is a summary of Neil’s adventurous journeys, working experiences and reflections from January to July 2022.

After two years in the planning and with three adventurous friends, I flew to Irkutsk, Siberia on 25th February. It was the second day of the invasion of Ukraine. Lake Baikal is the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world and in winter it is frozen solid so we were able to make a 100 km double crossing pulling sleds with all of our equipment including a communal tent, sleeping bags, cookers and boil in the bag food. This enjoyable, unsupported trip took five days and nights out on the ice but our return home was problematic after the European carriers cancelled all flights to and from Russia.