| 1919 | Scottish Spitzbergen Expedition. Geologist and 2nd in command. |
| 1920 | 2nd Scottish Spitzbergen Expedition . Geologist and 2nd in command. |
| 1921 | Leader of expedition to Jan Mayan Island. First accent of the
Beerenberg. |
| 1923 | Leader of expedition to East Greenland. (Abandoned due to dense
pack ice.) |
| 1926 | Leader of expedition to East Greenland. |
| 1929 | Leader of expedition to East Greenland. First accent of Petermann
Bjerg. (Peak) |
| 1933 | Appointed Senior Tutor. St. John’s College . Cambridge. |
| 1934 | Appointed Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.
( a post which he held from 1934 till 1948) |
| 1934 | Leader of expedition to Baffin Bay. West Greenland. |
| 1937 | Appointed Chairman of Scott Polar Research Institute
( a post which he held from 1937 till 1955 ) |
| 1939 | Director of Naval Intelligence . Cambridge. (Polar Regions)
( a post which he held from 1939 till 1945 ) |
| 1944 | Awarded Gold Medal by Scottish Geographical Society. |
| 1947 | Appointed C.B.E. ( Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
by King George VI. Appointed Commander of the Order of St. Olaf
of Norway by King Haakon. |
| 1950 | Appointed President and Senior Tutor . St. John’s College. Cambridge.
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| 1951 | Appointed President of the Royal Geographical Society, a post which he
held until 1954 |
| 1952 | Elected Master of St. John’s College. Cambridge ( 1952 – 1959 ) |
| 1957 | Knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
