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 mile adventure. Together with fellow
members of 21 SAS regiment, Fiennes left from Greenwich, travelling over
land, passing through both ends of the polar axis. Completed over two
years later, it was the first circumpolar navigation of the globe, and
justifiably entered Fiennes into the record books. This book presents
the record of that journey.