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If Indiana Jones and Martha Stewart had a baby it would be Sophie Hollingsworth. Sophie is an sailor, former ballerina, pyromaniac, and environmental scientist who is ultimately just a salty soul that gets really excited anytime she can get out into nature. She loves tacos, sewing hats, breaking a sweat, lectures at the Explorers Club and thinks a sunset over the water is absolutely sublime.

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Her passion for expeditions off the beaten track have led her to undertake uncharted treks and far-flung adventures most deem too inhospitable; including everything from descending uncharted rivers in Madagascar, desert transect treks in Namibia, and to living with indigenous communities in the Republic of Vanuatu to conduct ethnographic research. She is a sailor, has sailed across the Pacific Ocean, and holds a 200-ton captains license. At the time of certification, she was the youngest female to ever obtain a 200-ton MCA Yachtmaster Captains License.

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Hollingsworth’s work has been featured by National Geographic and the United Nations. She is a Fulbright Scholar with a background in Environmental Science and Health Security from New York University, Harvard Kennedy School, and the University of Sydney.

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She is a Fellow of The Explorers Club, Post-Graduate Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the first New Explorer Awardee. When not exploring / sailing Sophie consults for corporations on sustainability and lives in Sydney, Australia.

 

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