Alex R. Hibbert

Hibbert was a finalist in the international BBC Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition in 2003, 2004 and 2010 and was agency signed from the age of eighteen. He contributed exclusively to Getty Images, Oxford Scientific Films and Robert Harding World Imagery. Hibbert was one of the judging panel on the STA Travel Photo Competition 2010, along with senior figures from the photographic industry.

Having been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (London, UK) in 2007 and a Member of The Explorers Club (New York City, US) in 2010, Hibbert relinquished both positions in 2012. He cited a reduction of the value of such titles and memberships in his book 'Maybe' as the reason, stating that they latterly lacked distinction and acted purely as revenue generation for societies.

Hibbert announced his first multi-month expedition since The Long Haul (2008) in mid-2012. The series of expeditions laid out plans to reach the Geographic North Pole unsupported in the darkness of winter from the last feasible starting point as yet unattained.

Hibbert's first book was an account of his university years and the Tiso TransGreenland expedition, titled The Long Haul, which was published by Tricorn Books in March 2010, and launched in Stanford's travel bookstore in London. It attracted positive reviews from Wanderlust magazine and Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

In January 2011, it was announced that Hibbert would attempt to break the speed record for crossing the Greenland icecap. The current Norwegian-held record stands at 8 days 9 hours. In order to break the record Hibbert stated that he and his teammate planned to ski in excess of 40 miles (64 kilometres) and up to 15 hours per day. Despite the team being positioned on the Greenlandic coast on schedule, the planned attempt in April 2011 ended before it began, as low barometric pressure and low cloud cover in the Arctic kept them stranded in Tasiilaq, Greenland for more than a week. On his website Hibbert announced plans to return in the summer. The second attempt on the speed record did take place, starting on 12 August, and finished shy of the record in less than twelve days. Heavily crevassed and turbulent glacial ice and high winds on the plateau contributed to delays which made the record impossible. The pair returned to London on 25 August after flying by helicopter and aircraft from their final position on the Russell Glacier.

In 2012 and 2013, Hibbert was part of a group of Photographers who publicly criticised Getty Images for their treatment of Photographers. Hibbert and some of the other ex-Getty Photographers moved their image collections to Stocksy amongst other agencies.

Hibbert competed along with fellow notable graduates of St Hugh's College, Oxford in the 2013 of Christmas University Challenge. They successfully defeated Stirling University but did not reach the final.

In 2017, the Dark Ice Project website was updated to state 'coming soon', hinting at a renewed attempt.