Ness Award
The Ness Award is an annual award of the Royal Geographical Society. The first award was in 1970 to Dr John D Thornes.
Recipients
| Year | Name | Citation (where known) |
| 1970 | Dr John D Thornes | |
| 1971 | Lieutenant Colonel J D C Peacock | |
| 1972 | Major David N Hall | |
| 1973 | Dr D J Moffat | |
| 1974 | Colonel J M Adam OBE, OStJ, FRCP Ian Douglas Hamilton | |
| 1975 | Adrian Thompson | |
| 1976 | Squadron Leader Tom Sheppard MBE | |
| 1977 | Lieutenant Colonel Harry R A Streather OBE | |
| 1978 | Miss F A Street | |
| 1979 | Nigel de Northop Winser | |
| 1980 | Richard Snailham | |
| 1981 | Chief Petty Officer S R Williams | |
| 1982 | Miss Shane Wesley-Smith | |
| 1983 | Roger Chapman MBE | |
| 1984 | Andy Eavis | |
| 1985 | Paul Vander-Molen | |
| 1986 | Dr Caroline Sargeant | |
| 1987 | Miss Nicola Bennett-Jones SRN | |
| 1988 | Dr John Matthews | |
| 1989 | Steve Bowles | |
| 1990 | Dick Willis | |
| 1991 | Dr Richard Crane | |
| 1992 | Mandip Singh Soin | |
| 1993 | Michael Asher | |
| 1994 | Alasdair Kennedy | |
| 1995 | Paul Salaman | |
| 1996 | Major Alastair Rogers | |
| 1997 | John Birdsall | |
| 1998 | Michael Palin | |
| 1999 | David Rattray | |
| 2000 | Nick Danziger | |
| 2001 | Peter Drake | |
| 2002 | Dr Nicholas Middleton | |
| 2003 | Ray Mears | |
| 2004 | John Hare | for raising public awareness and conservation of endangered wild camels in Mongolia and China |
| 2005 | Neil Laughton | for leadership of expeditions and encouraging others to recognise their potential as travellers |
| 2006 | John Pilkington | for the popularisation of geography and the wider understanding of our world |
| 2007 | Paul Rose | for supporting and promoting the popular understanding of geography |
| 2008 | David Wright | for the popularisation of geography among young people |
| 2009 | Neil Oliver | for popularising and promoting understanding of the British coastal landscape |
| 2010 | Professor Iain Stewart | for popularising geography and earth sciences |
| 2011 | Colin Thubron CBE | for popularising geography through travel writing |
| 2012 | Simon Reeve | for popularising geography through television travel documentaries and writing |
| 2013 | Wade Davis | for popularising geography through writing about places, cultures and history |