Puffin Award

The Puffin Award

AECO acknowledges and celebrates the valuable contributions of its members through a symbolic system known as the Puffin Award.

Each time a member provides valuable support — whether by:

• Sharing important information
• Assisting fellow members
• Supporting the AECO Secretariat
• Representing AECO externally
• Promoting AECO’s values and mission

—they are awarded one virtual Puffin.

At the end of the operational year, the member who has received the highest number of Puffins is honored with AECO’s traveling trophy, the Puffin statue.

The award is a bronze, life-sized sculpture of a puffin, designed by British artist Suzie March and generously gifted by Silversea Expeditions.

Award Winners

• 2023-2024 Ponant
• 2022-2023 Hurtigruten Expeditions
• 2021-2022 Hurtigruten Expeditions
• 2019-2021 Oceanwide Expeditions
• 2017-2018 EYOS Expeditions
• 2015-2016 Quark Expeditions
• 2013-2014 Oceanwide Expeditions