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

David Aston

Team: Northern Stars


NATIONALITY:	British
HOME:	Winchester, UK
AGE:	35
HEIGHT:	175cm (5'9")
WEIGHT:	59kg (130 lbs)
PROFESSION:	Chartered Accountant
INTERESTS:	Travelling
PRIOR ARCTIC EXPERIENCE:	None
PRIOR EXPEDITION EXPERIENCE:	Walking the Great Wall of China
PREVIOUS FURTHEST NORTH:	Oslo, Norway
PREVIOUS COLDEST PLACE:	Helsinki, Finland in December
REASON FOR ENTERING RACE:	To challenge myself and visit somewhere totally untouched by man
WEBSITE:	www.bakertilly.com - Polar Race Diary www.justgiving.com/polarrace2005

BIOGRAPHY

I am a partner with Baker Tilly, a leading firm of chartered accountants and business advisors. I am based at their Basingstoke office and live in Winchester.

I have always been a keen traveller and try to get away as often as possible. So far my favourite trips have been China and a Safari in Kenya.

I have no similar experience of this sort of expedition and am looking forward to the challenge it will present. I have previously pushed myself academically and professionally but never physically.

I see this trip as a great opportunity to see just exactly what I can or cannot do. I have been very pleasantly surprised by how much I have enjoyed the training, particularly the more technical aspects.

I have been a member of Winchester Round Table for four years. Our main event each year is the Winchester bonfire. Weather permitting, this raises over £20,000 each year for charity.

CHARITIES

I shall be supporting the Anthony Nolan Trust, the renowned leukaemia charity, and Basingstoke Mencap, my local branch of the UK's leading learning disability charity.

David Aston

Team: Northern Stars

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