Pioneer (py-on-eer) n. a person who is one of the first to enter or settle a new region or to investigate a new subject or method etc. –pioneer v. to be a pioneer; to take part in (a course of action etc.) that leads the way for others to follow.

Pioneer Expeditions - extraordinary expedition firsts

Travel to the world's most spectacular, remote and extraordinary places with like-minded people and achieve something truly unique on a once in a lifetime Pioneer expedition..

Pioneer Expeditions announces 2009 trips

The Polar Diaries - now published

Following the success of the Polar Explorer Traverse in Greenland, Pioneer has published the diaries of the expedition - including the moment the team came across a polar bear and her cub!...click here to read the diary

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The rafting diaries from the 2007 Madagascar expedition Click here to read the rafting diary