Ice Party of the Great British TISO
Trans Greenland Expedition
Alex Hibbert (Age – 21 Height – 182cm)
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Born in 1986, Alex grew up in Hampshire, was educated in Dorset and read Biology at the University of Oxford. He has an unbridled passion for the outdoors and for ventures that demand mental and physical endurance. As a natural historian, Alex is particularly interested in behaviour, evolution and conservation.
2002- One of the youngest people to ever complete the 125-mile Devizes to Westminster kayak ultra-marathon at the age of only 15
2003/4 - Twice a finalist in the international BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
2004 – Won the coveted Lord Kitchener’s Scholarship award
2005 – Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Triathlon – Signed with first photographic agent – Two months photographing Grey Wolves in the USA
2006 – Won his rowing ‘blade’ at University of Oxford - Completed the Flora London Marathon in 3hrs 19 mins – Reached summit of Mont Blanc, France
2007 – Elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the home of British exploration – Greenland climbing and manhauling expedition – Selected for the 2008 Royal Marines Young Officer Batch after first passing selection at 16 years old
As well as spending as much time as possible mountaineering, hiking, skiing, white-water kayaking and drinking good beer, he is a proficient long distance runner. Alex will begin commando training with the Royal Marines Young Officer Batch of 2008.
George Bullard (Age – 19, Height – 190cm)
George is on a year out between high school and university. Having returned from South Georgia and the Falklands with BSES, he was been bitten by the ‘exploration bug’. This expedition is an ideal opportunity to further develop his polar experience after leaving Eton College where he gained A-Levels in Biology Chemistry and Russian and an AS in Maths.
Eton not only gave him the opportunity to travel to far off places but it also gave him the chance to get seriously involved in open water swimming. With his coach, Nick Adams, a team of six were lucky enough to take on the English Channel in 2003 , a swim around Manhattan in 2004, Barbados (2006). Finally, last year George completed a marathon swim in Lake Zurich. Since then he has been sailing down in the South Atlantic and exploring one of the most pristine environments on planet Earth, South Georgia. The Trans Greenland expedition will offer him an experience that will stay with him for the rest of his life.
