Trust subsequently rebranded as The Youth Adventure Trust. In 2009 Hempleman-Adams founded Wicked Weather Watch, a charity aimed at informing young people about climate change. In summer 2016, Hempleman-Adams successfully completed the Polar Ocean Challenge - an historic attempt to be the first British sailing yacht to sail around the Arctic Ocean in one summer season, circumnavigating the North Pole and sailing through the Northeast and Northwest Passages. This expedition was undertaken to increase awareness of climate change and loss of ice in the Arctic Ocean. In October 2004, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 2016–17. Honours and awards In 2013 he was awarded the Polar Medal and bar by HM The Queen for services to the UK in the field of polar research. He received the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1995 and then the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 1998 for services to Arctic Exploration. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2007 New Year Honours and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2017 New Year Honours, both in recognition of his service to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme. In 2016 he was made a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John. In 2000, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club. In 2004, he was awarded ‘The Explorers Medal’, by The Explorers Club at their Centennial Dinner. In 2022, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society Founder's medal for 'enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers.' He became a Freeman of the City of London in 2008. See also List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit References External links Wicked Weather Watch Youth Adventure Trust 1956 births English explorers English polar explorers Harmon Trophy winners Explorers of the Arctic Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol Living people People from Swindon Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officers of the Order of the British Empire Officers of the Order of St John Britannia Trophy winners Flight altitude record holders British summiters of Mount Everest High Sheriffs of Wiltshire Balloon flight record holders British aviation record holders Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Recipients of the Polar Medal