You can see which expeditions have already been done by professional explorers on the Royal Geographical Society here , or check The Guinness World Records for something inspiring. Only then will anyone pay attention to the trip, and only then will you have a chance to write and speak about your adventures for money.
Ed Stafford did just this, when he Walked the Amazon , a feat which took just over two years, but which earned him a book deal and a spring board into his career today. Alternatively, you could try to enter the crowded Influencer space.
Posting your stories, photos and videos to social media can help you grow a huge following, which brands will pay to have a share of. However, by taking bolder expeditions on your own, you could create a distinguishing feature of your content and set yourself apart from the competition. Ultimately, this is a good, but slow and risky way to become a professional explorer. You can take courses to become a qualified expedition leader in your chosen field. This will mean that you can take paying customers on expeditions, and earn a good living.
Many expedition leaders start off as solo explorers before qualifying and taking the step away from their previous jobs to lead expeditions full time, and it can be extremely fulfilling. But, you must remember, leading expeditions carries a lot of risk both financially and to your safety. A particularly dangerous strait of South American water is named the Strait of Magellan after him.
In , President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress to finance a survey of some of the , square miles of land in the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. He entrusted this task to his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, who recruited his former military buddy, William Clark, for the assignment. In , they set out on the now-famous Lewis and Clark expedition.
Over the next two years, they explored more than 8, miles of the American West, while being aided by the Shoshone woman Sacagawea, who acted as a translator for them. In the late s, the United States began to compete with Russia to put an astronaut into space. On July 20, , Armstrong, an American engineer and astronaut, was the first man to step foot on the moon.
Aldrin followed shortly after. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist. In , Darwin was invited by Capt. From August through , Darwin sailed and charted his observations and theories of over 1, specimens.
In , Edmund Hillary, an experienced glacial mountain climber and beekeeper in his native New Zealand, was asked to join the British expedition to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest, which sits between Tibet and Nepal. Hillary and the Tibetan sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first two to make it to the true summit at a. American aviator Amelia Earhart is known for being the first woman to fly a plane solo above 14, feet; she made her historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in , becoming the first woman to do so.
In , she became the first person to complete a solo flight from Hawaii to the U. Earhart initially paid for flying lessons and her first plane by working as a filing clerk for a telephone company.
After she became famous, she earned money through speaking engagements, advertisements and endorsements. On June 1, , Earhart and her friend Fred Noonan set out to circumnavigate the world. After flying over 22, miles, she was last seen refueling on Lae, New Guinea, with the intention of flying to Howland Island.
Her disappearance is considered one of the great mysteries of the world. He is believed to have made four key journeys by ship from to , searching for the Northwest Passage — an ice-free route to Asia — a task at which he never succeeded. His voyages all over the world resulted in several bodies of water being named after him: the Hudson River in New York, the Hudson Strait near Quebec and Hudson Bay, Canada, where he was allegedly marooned by his crew and likely died.
Hudson received funding from different companies along the way, including the Muscovy Company and the Dutch East India Company. Notably, the British were angry when they found out he worked for the Dutch. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was among the leaders of exploration in the early s. He achieved international renown when he became the first to navigate a ship through the icy Northwest Passage in In return, you will then receive a discount for everyone that uses it.
It also tends to be time-specific — like over a 1 week period. This is only effective if you have a big following and are trusted enough that people will buy things you recommend.
Especially as this is such a salesy way to advertise a product! Regardless of how you create content — films, blogging or podcast — Patreon is a great way to earn an income without needing to rely on advertising or backing from brands. I was sceptical at first but in the space of a year reached almost Patreons you can check out my Patreon page here. This is pure gold Bex!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share it. My hard work paid off. And I feel like I have space to continue to be creative and pursue things I really enjoy — like blogging — without needing to think about the return all the time. Do you rent, live with family? Is this your only income? My circumstances now are different — I earn more so can afford to rent in the UK now.
But for years I found a way to live cheaply while I built my career. Gives me some ideas about realistically what can be possible. Thanks Anna! I remember also starting out and being confused with the message but then lack of honesty when it came to money and how much influencers make.
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