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Grace Cordsen
Explorer
Grace is an explorer, researcher, and environmental storyteller whose work spans the Arctic, Antarctic, and the communities connected to them.
She has built an interdisciplinary career across expedition logistics, science communication, sustainability, and conservation, working throughout both Polar Regions as a logistics manager, educational director, researcher, journalist, and expedition leader.
Since graduating from Princeton University, Grace has worked with organizations including the Arctic Research Foundation, Adventure Canada, Smithsonian Student Travel, The Polar Collective, and the GUIDE-BEST consortium. In 2024, she became one of the youngest women to manage a camp in the Antarctic interior, including a visit to the geographic South Pole, before voyaging to the geographic North Pole as a WINGS Flag Carrier and Arctic Research Foundation researcher. Her work explores sustainable tourism, conservation, and the role of storytelling in shaping public understanding of environmental change.
As a journalist and communicator, Grace collaborates with renowned organizations to make polar science and conservation accessible to broader audiences. She is also Director of Strategic Impact at Kogia, a nonprofit advancing conservation through visual media, education, and global partnerships.
She has built an interdisciplinary career across expedition logistics, science communication, sustainability, and conservation, working throughout both Polar Regions as a logistics manager, educational director, researcher, journalist, and expedition leader.
Since graduating from Princeton University, Grace has worked with organizations including the Arctic Research Foundation, Adventure Canada, Smithsonian Student Travel, The Polar Collective, and the GUIDE-BEST consortium. In 2024, she became one of the youngest women to manage a camp in the Antarctic interior, including a visit to the geographic South Pole, before voyaging to the geographic North Pole as a WINGS Flag Carrier and Arctic Research Foundation researcher. Her work explores sustainable tourism, conservation, and the role of storytelling in shaping public understanding of environmental change.
As a journalist and communicator, Grace collaborates with renowned organizations to make polar science and conservation accessible to broader audiences. She is also Director of Strategic Impact at Kogia, a nonprofit advancing conservation through visual media, education, and global partnerships.
