| The
Team |
| Team
Leader - Bear Grylls |
Bear
Grylls spent three years with the British Special Forces. During
this time he had a horrendous parachuting accident in southern
Africa, breaking his back in three places. Three years later,
after severe rehabilitation, he overcame the odds to become
the youngest British climber ever to reach the summit of Mount
Everest. 'Facing Up', his book on this extraordinary story,
reached the Top 10 Best seller list. Bear Grylls is the new
face for 'Sure For Men' deodorant commercials and is one of
the youngest and most successful motivational speakers on the
world circuit.
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| Mick
Crosthwaite |
Nigel
Thompson |
Climbing
partner to Bear Grylls, Mick Crosthwaite successfully reached
within 300 ft of the summit of Everest. At 28,500ft he ran out
of oxygen. He was rescued but then fell almost 500ft, yet miraculously
returned alive. A very strong and experienced expedition member. |
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Many
years of marine experience in all conditions. Tough, ex-rower.
Another vital member of the team. Nigel will be in charge of all
of the electronics on the boat, from navigation to communications. |
| role:
technical engineer |
role:
navigator and communications officer |
| Charlie
Laing |
Lt.
Andy Leivers |
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An
experienced cameraman and documentary maker. Charlie's role will
be to capture the highs and lows, the extremes and beauty along
with those moments of inevitable fear of being so alone in a small
boat in such vast seas. |
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Lt
Andy Leivers (RN) will act as the Engineer on the team. A very
personable and dedicated man, Andy brings a wealth of experience
with him from over 12 years service with the Royal Navy. He is
a vital part of this expedition. |
| role:
Director/cameraman |
role:
Engineer/Mechanic |
| Support Team |
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Andrew
Billing |
Mike
Town |
| Based
in the UK, Andrew will be the teams' link back to civilisation.
He will manage all the forecasting, website, and team communications
in real-time. He brings a wealth of experience on technical issues
to help the team. |
Mike
is one of the countries leading weather experts and will be providing
the team will real-time forecasting by satellite phone from the
UK to the
boat. His expertise will be invaluable and a critical component
to the expedition. |
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role:
Onshore Manager |
role:
Meteorologist |
| Chloe
Boyes |
Alex
Rayner, Liaison Media |
| Chloe
will be helping the team with the huge amount of logistical organisation
that is involved with getting such a record attempt like this under
way. In truth, she keeps the team in order! |
Alex
and his team will be coordinating Press and interviews for the expedition
and also the events afterwards. These include the St Katherine's
Dock return party and the Royal Geographical Society evening in
December. |
| role:
Logistics |
role:
PR/Communications |
| Carol
McFadden |
| An
Americanlady, who will be accompanying the team on the first leg
of the journey through the eastern canadian islands to Battle Harbour.
She will be there to sample life as part of such an expedition and
will be writing on that experience. |
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| In
the land of hope there is never any Winter. Russian
proverb |
