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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