➥ (2026) The solo winter traverse of the Anabar Plateau received the Shackleton Award at the “Finse Polar Festival” in Norway which brings together polar explorers from all over the world. “for the impressive 2025 winter solo crossing of the Anabar Plateau in Siberia. The purpose of the award, according to the statutes, is to honour outstanding expedition achievements and inspire explorers to new expeditions into unknown territories and conditions.”
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➥ (2026) The first solo winter ascent of Mt. Pobeda in Yakutia’s Chersky Mountains was featured in a dedicated article by ExplorersWeb.
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➥ (2023) The solo summer traverse of the Anabar Plateau received a distinction award in the “Travel” category during the largest European symposium “Kolosy” (“Colossi”) on exploration in 2023. This symposium is the largest such event in Europe.
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➥ (2022) I became a member of the OutdoorTeam, a group of athletes and ambassadors of a large outdoor equipment distribution group. Through the membership, simultaneously the ambassador of brands such as Bergans of Norway, Y by Nordisk, Bestard, Svala of Finland, Lasting, Alfa, Wild Climb, Trimm, LACD. Other members include esteemed mountaineers such as Krzysztof Wielicki or Ryszard Pawłowski.
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➥ (2022) I was elected as a Fellow of The Explorers Club, an international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field exploration and scientific inquiry. The club was founded in New York City in 1904 and has served as a meeting point for explorers and scientists worldwide.
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➥ (2021) I won the main “Feat of the Year” exploratory award at the “Kolosy” (“Colossi”) symposium in 2021, for identifying and climbing three coldest mountains of Siberia. Colossi is the largest such festival in Europe.
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➥ (2021) I won the mountaineering “Andrzej Zawada Prize” for the winter exploration of Siberian mountains. Andrew (Andrzej) Zawada was the main leader of the famous Polish Winter Himalaism effort, which successfuly made first winter climbs of many 8000s in the Himalayas.
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➥ (2021) I won the “Journalists’ Award” for “consistency in realizing goals, for combining mathematical precision with a visionary approach in eliminating white spots on maps, and for timelessness of concept and frugality of message.”.
➥ (2021) I won the August 2021 Posipix photo competition, with a theme “On the move”.
➥ (2020) The expedition to the Momsky Mountains in winter 2018/2019 was invited as a presentation to the “Colossi” symposium in 2020.
➥ (2019) The “Marriage Expedition” was invited as a presentation to the “Colossi” symposium in 2019.
➥ (2019) I received a distinction “For Merits” from the head of the rescue services of the Momsky Region of Yakutia, for the successful first winter ascent of the highest mountain in Momsky Mountains in Yakutia (the largest Russian Republic).
➥ (2018) The solo traverse of the Byrranga Mountains received a distinction award in the “Travel” category during the largest European symposium “Kolosy” (“Colossi”) on exploration in 2018. This symposium is the largest such event in Europe.
➥ (2018 – 2021) I was a La Sportiva ambassador and athlete.
➥ (2017-2019) I was invited to give talks on general exploration at the 19th, 20th, and 21st International Interdisciplinary Seminar (IIS) in London.
Kolosy 2023:
Feat of the Year 2021:
Andrzej Zawada Prize 2021:
Kolosy 2021, day 1:
Kolosy 2021, day 2:
Kolosy is the largest travel & exploration symposium in Europe:
For all other awards and honors related to my research, see the link below: