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For further information contact:
Polar Adventures Ltd
18 Neville Road
Kingston
Surrey
KT1 3QX
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8549 1457
Fax: +44 (0)20 8241 7914
Eml: info@polarrace.com
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Alex Williams
Team: Northern Stars
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| NATIONALITY: |
British |
| HOME: |
London, UK |
| AGE: |
30 |
| HEIGHT: |
180cm (5'11") |
| WEIGHT: |
78kg (172 lbs) |
| PROFESSION: |
Private Equity |
| INTERESTS: |
People, Learning, Adventurous Travel, Mountaineering |
| PRIOR ARCTIC EXPERIENCE: |
None |
| PRIOR EXPEDITION EXPERIENCE: |
Nepal (Mera Peak), Argentina (Aconcagua Peak), Borneo (Kota Kinabalu), Morocco (Marathon des Sables) and South Africa (Table Mountain) |
| PREVIOUS FURTHEST NORTH: |
Oslo, Norway |
| PREVIOUS COLDEST PLACE: |
Aconcagua, Argentina |
| REASON FOR ENTERING RACE: |
To visit one the last remaining areas untouched by man and for the challenge of pushing myself to extremes. |
CHARITIES
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Advance
is a charity that provides restorative rehabilitation therapy
for children and young adults with cerebral palsy.
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Crisis
helps the homeless through emergency intervention and
temporary accommodation to permanent housing and resettlement
support.
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The
London Air Ambulance Service
operates 365 days a year, taking a specialist doctor to
anywhere within the M25 within 10 minutes, saving lives.
Although the service is partially funded by the NHS, it still
needs to raise £500,000 a year in order to continue to
operate.
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