Ranulph Fiennes has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par
excellance. Taunted by his wife over the challenge of the never-before attempted
circumpolar navigation of the globe, he set off in 1979 on a gruelling 52,000 m
ile adventure. Together with fellow members of 21 SAS regiment, Fiennes left fro
m Greenwich, travelling over land, passing through both ends of the polar axis.
