Oliver Shepard

Oliver Shepard (born 1946) is a British explorer. He participated in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.

Shepard went to Heatherdown Schooll in Ascot, Berkshire then Eton College. In 1964, he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards, after which he joined 21 Regiment Special Air Service (Artists Rifles). His civilian career started at the Charrington Brewery in the East End of London in 1968. In 1975 he joined Sir Ranulph Fiennes ("Ran") and his wife Ginny at the Duke of York Barracks, Chelsea. Between 1975 and 1979, he worked on preparations for the Transglobe Expedition. He went with members of the group to Scotland in 1975, followed by Exercise Greenland in 1976, and the British North Pole Expedition in 1977. On the Transglobe Expedition he was in the Travel Group together with Ran and Charlie Burton, and acted as doctor, dentist, scientist and mechanic. Because of family problems, he returned to the UK after the South Pole crossing, and worked in the office in London.

References

• Transglobe Expedition website, biographies page

External links

• Transglobe Expedition

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