Biography
Mark Wood - Polar Explorer
Polar Expeditions to date
2008 Lead a team through the Himalayas to base camp Everest as part of an educational schools programme
2008 Lead an expedition linking the two highest Inuit settlements in the Canadian high arctic
2008 Filming for a documentary on how global warming is affecting the Inuit people
2008 Lead a dog sledging expedition in North America
2007 Set up a polar expedition company – www.snowballexpeditions.com
2007 Arctic guide and operational support for the BBC Top Gear programme - 'race to the pole'
2007 Arctic expedition technical support for the Magnetic North Pole Race (1996 pole position).
2006 Lead an 8 person team on a successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
2006 Instructor on an Arctic training expedition – Northern Canada.
2005 Instructor on an Arctic training program – Norway
2005 Instructor on an Arctic training expedition – Northern Canada.
2004 A successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
2003 70 day training expedition and research for Cancer research UK (CRUK) - Canadian high arctic
Relevant Qualifications
Mountain Leader Qualified
Winter mountain leader trained
Rescue & Emergency Medical Care Qualified
Physical Training Instructor
Affiliations / Memberships
Mountain leader training association
Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society
Key note speaker of the Royal Geographic society
Ambassador for Coventry
Contact
I www.snowballexpeditions.com C 07792 376 361 E mark@snowballexpditions.com