Described by the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's greatest living explorer", Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a paragon of achievement. His incredible feats of physical and mental endurance have earned him ten world records during a career that spans over thirty-five years.

As expedition leader his most revered journeys include:

• White Nile (Egypt) expedition, in a hovercraft (1969)
• Jostedalsbre (Norway) Glacier Expedition (1970)
• British Columbia's (Canada) Headless Valley (1971)
• In 1993 together he and Dr Mike Stroud completed a ninety-seven day crossing of the Antarctic Continent, setting world records in the process for the longest unsupported polar journey and the first unsupported crossing of the Continent
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton were the first to reach both the South and North Poles
• Sir Ranulph located the lost city of Ubar, Oman (1993)
• His historic Transglobe Expedition was the first journey to circumnavigate the earth on its polar axis and was to cover 100,000 miles in three years (1979-82).

Awarded his OBE for human endeavour and charitable services Sir Ranulph's expeditions to remote parts of the planet have raised over £4.5 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. This has enabled the charity to build Europe's first MS Research Centre in Cambridge.

"The Arctic can be savage. There alone in 2000 I almost paid the ultimate price with my life. Gary Rolfe's consistent and proven track record sees him now at the highest level as an exponent of a skill few have mastered, the craft of handling huskies in polar-regions."

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE, July 2003
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