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Celebrity Business Speakers is pleased to present a selection of Polar explorers who have recently returned from some amazing journeys - with a fantastic story to tell and guaranteed to motivate.

The Race For The South Pole

Team Qinetiq successfully arrived in the South Pole, coming second in the Amundsen Omega South Pole Race. The team arrived exhausted but elated after nearly seven weeks in Antarctica. The BBC series On Thin Ice, which follows the team over the course of a year will be transmitted in the spring.

James Cracknell is the former Great Britain Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist who now features regularly on television. James recently completed the gruelling Atlantic Challenge, rowing across the Atlantic with non-rowing TV presenter Ben Fogle. The amazing experiences that James went through with Ben Fogle whilst completing the 3000 mile race are a unique addition to his already exciting and inspirational presentation. The dramatic and emotional tales of James and Ben's gruelling adventure are enough to drive anyone to take on new challenges and go the extra mile. The amazing powerful and emotional footage which made up the documentary - 'Through Hell and High Water' also features as part of James’s presentation.

Ben Fogle is a Presenter, Writer and Adventurer. His achievements include racing 160 miles across the Sahara desert in the notorious Marathon Des Sables. He has rowed the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days and crossed Antarctica in a foot race to the South Pole. He has presented numerous programme’s including BBC’s Animal Park, Wild In Africa, Countryfile, Crufts, One Man and His Dog and Extreme Dreams. He writes regularly for the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent and has written four bestselling books. He is an ambassador for WWF, Medcins Sans Frontier and Tusk, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the President of the Campaign for National Park’s.

Ed Coats was plucked out of obscurity and thrust into the limelight, when he was chosen to join James Cracknell and Ben Fogle on their epic race to the South Pole earlier this year. The race was the first of its kind since Captain Scott was beaten 97 years ago by Norwegian Amundsen. Ed completed a two day training course and aptitude test to win his place on the expedition, beating more than 650 applicants from across the UK for a place in the team. After racing for 473.6 miles, having faced crevasse fields, battled blisters, frostbite and hallucinations as well as catching pneumonia, Ed, James and Ben, otherwise know as Team QinetiQ, crossed the finish line in second place, just 20 hours behind their Norwegian rivals. The trio, who had little cross country skiing and no polar experience between them prior to the race, trudged up to 20 miles a day in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius all the while pulling 70kg pulks behind them.

....and at The North Pole

Pen shot to international fame in 2003 when, after fifteen years of unrelenting effort, he finally achieved his goal to become the first person to trek solo, without outside assistance, from Canada to the North Geographic Pole – a feat thought comparable to making the first ascent of Everest, solo and without oxygen, and one which has not been repeated since. Within months, he went on to become the only Briton to have trekked, without assistance, to both the North and South Poles. It is in these pristine and vulnerable environments that Pen has witnessed for himself the first signs of the changes that lie ahead for us all, resulting from global warming.

World record breaking Polar Explorer Ann Daniels is an inspiration to those who hear her speak. Her warmth and honesty make her presentations compelling and her positivity, grit and determination illustrate what can be achieved by the many and not the few. Ann is one of Britain’s leading female Polar Explorers and was part of the first British all women’s team to walk to the South Pole and the first all women’s team in the world to walk to both poles. Ann’s story is testament to what can be achieved through determination, perseverance and correct planning. She tailors every speech to her audience and illustrates the importance of teamwork, strong leadership, the correct attitude, setting goals, managing change, overcoming the odds and the importance of persistence. She has given presentations to both the private and corporate world. She successfully combines looking after her 11 year old triplets and two year old daughter with her professional career as an explorer and motivational speaker and there is no doubt she is an ordinary woman who has achieved the extraordinary. - Read More

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