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Anna Krassowska – 30, is a research scientist at Edinburgh University concentrating on stem cell biology and leukaemia. For Anna, Ice Warrior offers a physical challenge and a unique opportunity to apply problem-solving skills developed during her academic career.
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Flemmich Webb – 34, is a freelance editor and journalist from Lambeth. Great team member, steady stalwart and calming influence. Hopes for the expedition: to experience some of what the great explorers of old (Nansen, Scott, Shackleton) had to deal with. And to test his own resolve.
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Hannah Smiles – 26, is a journalist from London - she has joined IW for the adventure, the challenge and for personal development. She has never dreamed of walking to the North Pole, but has always dreamed of walking into 'the back of beyond’ and getting immersed in awe-inspiring environments.
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Raoul Surcouf - 37 yr old landscape gardener. Originally From Jersey. Survived cancer 20 years ago since then he has constantly set challenges for himself. He is keen to see first hand the effects of climate change in the Arctic and get involved with the positive environmental work Ice Warrior is undertaking.
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Jon Geldart – 47, is a Director of Marketing Communications at Grant Thornton International from Yorkshire and currently residing in Welwyn Garden City. Jon is a father of 3. At the age of 40 he set himself the task of achieving something extraordinary every year for the rest of his life. Jon is passionate about personal development. His desire is to help bring the lessons of Ice Warrior, in everything from leadership to staff motivation, back in to the British boardroom.
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Laura Le Cheminant – 24, from London is a Charity Fundraiser for RedR-IHE. She sees this as a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which couldn’t be missed. She loves the opportunity provided by Ice Warrior to develop both personally, and as part of an extraordinary project and team.
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Liz Rayner – 30, from London, is a Civil Servant. She has completed several marathons and other endurance events. Usually sits in an office all day and so enjoys the contrast afforded by undertaking physical challenges in hostile environments! Liz recently completed the Marathon des Sables, a 150 mile run across the Sahara Desert, and thought that it would be fitting to follow up her 'hot' challenge with a very cold one!'
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Oliver Mills – 27, from Brighton is a Trainee Lawyer. His hobbies include Kung Fu, football, and rock climbing. In what is reckoned, fairly confidently, to be a first, he is expected to qualify as a lawyer just as he arrives at the North Pole.
Ollie would like to thank
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Alex Ealey – 25, from Kenley is a Property developer. “I’ve always had a sense of adventure and have wanted to go to one of the poles since I first heard of Captain Scott when I was a lad. This should raise challenges that are so different from day-to day-living.”
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Alex Morales – 28, An Anglo-Spanish journalist who grew up in Bermuda, Madrid and Sevenoaks in Kent. He became involved in Ice Warrior for the sheer physical and mental challenge, and has a keen interest in the environmental work involved. Enjoys adventure and endurance sports, travel and is a current affairs junkie.
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Alistair Whittle – 27, Civil engineer from Australia but living in London. Enjoys travel and sports and brings a bit of antipodean flavour to the expedition. Alistair is looking forward to the physical challenge and the chance to experience the Arctic.
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Arabella Arbuthnott – 26, brought up in Andalucia, though now a London based Travel Consultant with Original Travel. A passionate outdoor enthusiast who first got passionate about Polar Regions though stories of Scott, and now finally with Ice Warrior can realize her burning ambition to walk to a Pole.
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Dale McKenzie – Dale McKenzie - 34, A New Business Development Officer from Downhill in Sunderland believes the expedition is a fantastic opportunity that will give him the chance to raise the profile of the northeast and the good work Ice Warrior will do to highlight important environmental issue.
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Jo Butcher – 33, from Kingston-Upon-Thames, works at the National Children’s Bureau managing a national programme on children’s health and well-being. A trek in the Himalayas sparked her fascination with exploration and adventure. Jo thrives on new challenges and has always wanted to achieve an extraordinary mental and physical feat. She would like to apply the learning she has gained through Ice Warrior to her work.
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Julia Sawyer – 38, is an Environmental Health Officer living in East Sussex. Participates in many competitive sport activities. Much of her training is done with her husband, with whom she has been married for 16 years. Julia will be flying the Cancer Research UK flag in memory of a friend who died of cancer.
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Richard Spink –28, is a Physiotherapist from Bristol with a serious love for the great outdoors. He is a keen cyclist, snow sport and mountain man. He became involved in Ice Warrior through the captivating ethos of leading ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. One day he would love to continue this theme by facilitating others to have similar life changing experiences in the outdoors.
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Tom Angel – 30, an Upland Footpath Worker and Gardener based in Scotland but originally from West Norwood in south-east London. Tom has always been interested in the outdoors and environmental issues, and is keen on the human development angle of Ice-Warrior. Cancer Research UK is also a charity close to Tom’s heart.
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