Sir Ranulph Fiennes

in #travel7 years ago

Hello, my wonderful Steemit friends,
I'm having a presentation to present in school about explorer, discoverer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 
So I thought to myself - why don't I share this presentation with You?


Sir Ranulph Fiennes


Childhood

Fiennes was born in England 1944
He lived with his mother
After the WW2 he and his mom moved to South Africa


Education


He attended praparatory school in Cape Town
When he returned from South Africa he studied at Sandroyd school in Wiltshire and after that in Eton College
Ranulph Fiennes started his career in the British Army special forces



Expeditions

He led over 15 expeditions. Some of the most known are:

1969 - The Nile Hovercraft Expedition
1979 – 82 - The Transglobe Expedition
2000 - The Arctic Solo Expedition
2014 - The Coldest Journey – Antarctic plateau through polar winter


Interesting facts 

He was the first person to cross the whole continent of Antarctica on foot in 93 days



He didn't like serving in the British Army, so he went and helped to set up Oman's national army and became a hero there too



In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest



He is the first and only person to circumnavigate the whole planet through both the north and south pole.



He suffered from a frostbite in the North Pole on his left hand fingers, so he just cut them off.



He also ran a 156-kilometer ultramarathon through the Sahara desert. He was 71 when he accomplished it.



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