Picture this! Your goal is to trek from the shores of Canada to the Geographic North Pole in the centre of the Arctic Ocean. It’s a crazy goal, but that’s what makes it all the more appealing. A journey that takes an incredible 75 days and totals 750 miles. It will be cold, isolated and very, very lonely. But that’s OK. You know what to expect because you’ve tried it twice before and failure only makes you more determined to succeed. You remember the names of the pioneers like Earnest Shackelton, Robert Falcon Scott and the more recent Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The courage of these men is what writes them into the history books and it’s the same determination that drives you to achieve the seemingly impossible. What is it that makes someone want to put themselves through physical torture, in one of the most inhospitable places on earth at the risk of death or severe bodily harm? It’s a question that only you can answer and one that is very difficult to explain.

What in the name of “Frozen Planets” would make a man want to have this as a lifetime goal?

Allow me to introduce the ” Ice Warrior“. Polar Explorer and BBC guide Jim McNeill has teamed up with award winning BBC Wildlife photographer Ian McCarthy and together they will be starting a series of public speaking events around the UK. Not only will you get to see some stunning photography and unseen video’s, but they will immerse you in the charisma of what it takes to be a modern day Polar Explorer.

I would like to encourage anyone with an interest in adventure travel, photography and incredible stories, to come along to one of these events.

The first event will be held on the 18th March 2009 at Kings College in Taunton, Somerset.

7.00pm

Kings College

South Road

Taunton

TA1 3LA

For more information and to book your place then please go to the ICE WARRIOR website and make a booking.

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