Alan Chambers (polar adventurer)
- Alan Chambers (polar adventurer)
Alan Chambers (born 1968[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006|pages=139] ) MBE is a polar adventurer and motivational speaker.]Leader of the first British team to walk unsupported to the Geographic North Pole from Canada. After a grueling 70 days on the ice, Alan and team mate, Charlie Paton, raised the Union Jack on top of the world at 23:16 hours on 16 May 2000.
Only one in one hundred and fifty thousand people ever attempt to walk to the North Pole unsupported. Through determination, guile, resolute planning and motivation they succeeded against all odds. The ten-week expedition, which left the team ten days overdue suffering extreme body weight loss and dwindling food supplies, was a catalyst for the future for Alan. Upon return from the top of the world Alan, aged 32, was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for Determined Leadership in Constant Adversity.
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External links
* [http://www.alan-chambers.com/ Chambers' website]
* [http://www.teampolar2000.co.uk/ http://www.teampolar2000.co.uk/ Original expedition website]
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