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Ben Saunders (explorer)
English polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker
For the mixed martial artist, see Ben Saunders (fighter).
Benjamin John Saunders (born 5 August 1977 in Plymouth) is an English polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker.
He led the first return journey to the South Pole on foot via Shackleton and Scott's route in 2013–14,[1] and skied solo to the North Pole in 2004.[2] Saunders has skied more than 3,700 miles (6,000 km) on polar expeditions since 2001.
He holds the record for the longest human-powered polar journey in history (2,888 km) and for the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton (1,032 km).[3]
Biography
The elder of two boys, Saunders grew up in Devon and Kent, was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and worked as an instructor at the John Ridgway School of Adventure.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, an Ambassador for the Prince'