Craig Mathieson is a polar explorer who is ‘Explorer-in-Residence’ with the
Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Craig takes children from high school all over Scotland on a polar expedition
Overview
Born in
and raised in
Buchlyvie
Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated west of Stirling and north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. The village lies on th ...
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Stirlingshire, Mathieson was educated at
Balfron High School. He began his working life overseas in the military, before moving into HM Customs & Excise as an inspector and anti-fraud officer. He spent seven years with Ernst & Young, before joining Johnston Carmichael in 2007. In January 2014, Craig Mathieson joined accountancy firm French Duncan to head a new VAT department.
In 2018 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by
Abertay University in
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
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Expeditions
In 2001 Mathieson participated in an expedition to the summit of unclimbed peaks in
Greenland,
naming one Mount Mathieson.
He successfully led the first dedicated Scottish Expedition to the
South Pole in 2004, man-hauling his sledge 730 miles over the
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
Continent, and two years later led an expedition to the Geographical
North Pole, ta