TWO accomplished award-winning wildlife photographers and adventurers are holding an exhibition in Hexham.

Conrad Dickinson and David Gibbon launched their exhibition Wild and Wonderful at the Queen's Hall Arts Centre on Saturday, December 3.

In gallery one, Conrad and David are exhibiting images from their British wildlife portfolios. Species include barn owls, puffins, kingfishers, brown and mountain hares, otters.

All of their work will be available to buy at the Box Office.

In gallery two, their Arctic adventures will be on display.

This includes photography from Ellesmere Island close to the North Pole, where Conrad and David went on an extreme expedition in March 2022 and battled to survive in temperatures as low as -50 degrees. 

Images of both wildlife and landscapes from this expedition, plus images from Iceland, will be on display alongside video footage from their expedition and their interview on BBC Look North.

Conrad Dickinson is a Northumbrian-born, world-class polar explorer.

A former officer in the British Army, specialising in Arctic Warfare, he has been on over 70 expeditions and is the only Briton to complete the Polar Grand Slam - the three toughest Polar journeys crossing Greenland, Antarctica and reaching the North Pole all unsupported.

Conrad, who is president of the Northumbrian Wildlife Trust, is now an accomplished, award-winning wildlife photographer.

In 2013, Conrad was selected to lead the Walking with the Wounded British team and Prince Harry to the South Pole.

David Gibbon is from a working-class mining village in County Durham.

In 2009, he bought his first camera and, after spending many years following the work of professional wildlife photographers, became an award-winning wildlife photographer himself. 

David has won many awards for his photography, including a Highly Commended Award for an Arctic fox image, titled Caught in the Blizzard, in the globally prestigious Nature Photographer of the Year.

In 2018, David began running very successful yearly commercial trips taking small groups of photographers to the far north-west of Iceland to photograph Arctic foxes in winter.

Conrad has booked a place on one of David's forthcoming winter Arctic fox trips.