Polar Explorers
This section centralises the names, nationalities and short bios of the polar explorers that have appeared on this website since it was launched in November 1997. Please bear in mind that this section is a work in progress
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Rigato Rob (Australia)
59 years old (in 2010), Rob Rigato is an Australian who's passionate about the great outdoors and a life of adventure. For 30 years, he has been running a school in Melbourne that educates young people about contact with nature. In the spring of 2010, he successfully completed the Ward Hunt > North Pole trek.
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Russell Amelia (Great Britain)
Amelia Russell succeeded in reaching the North Pole accompanied by her friend Dan Darley in the spring of 2010. Despite terrible conditions for making headway.