Quite simply, the world’s greatest living explorer. Ran and Charles Burton completed the 52,000km Transglobe Expedition in 1982, a surface circumnavigation via both geographical poles. His endless achievements include being the first to cross the Antarctic unsupported, finding the lost city of Ubar, and running 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents shortly after a double heart bypass operation!

Named both Scottish and UK Adventurer of the year in 2015 for his 364 day solo circumnavigation of Scotland by kayak and continuous ascent of all 282 winter munro mountains, Will’s other adventures include the Great Walks of New Zealand, a crossing of Iceland, several Kayaking expeditions in the Patagonian fjords, and a winter round of the Corbett mountains.

Scottish Adventurer of the Year 2016, Jamie is an endurance adventurer who has covered over 30,000km in 28 different countries. The pinnacle of his achievements was a 17,000km solo and unsupported run through the Americas from Vancouver to Buenos Aires. He also cycles vast distances such as his 4027km crossing of Australia, during which he covered 160km/day.

An expert kiteboarder, Geoff’s world records include the longest solo and unsupported journey in human history, fastest solo and unsupported crossing of Antarctica, fastest unsupported crossing of Greenland (south to north), and the first and only wind-assisted crossing of the Sahara. A lifetime of tackling the harshest conditions has given Geoff a steely resilience and made him an Australian icon.

Lev has traveled and worked in over 100 countries. His expeditions include walking the entire length of the River Nile, the Himalayas from Afghanistan to Bhutan, 2,900km along the spine of Central America, and most recently an 8,000km circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula in 2017. Much of that journey took him through war zones during the conflict with ISIS.

The first and currently only person to row the Atlantic from America to England and the youngest to cross any ocean, Olly holds three world records. Since 2005, he has spent 220 days alone at sea and rowed/paddled over 11,000km. Olly is currently planning to take on the Southern Ocean and become the first to row the world solo.

Felicity was a member of the first all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge race, the first all-female expedition across the Greenland ice sheet, and in 2009 she led a team of seven women to the South Pole. In 2012, she became the first person to successfully ski the 1,744km across the Antarctic land mass using only personal muscle power.

Karen is an Olympic gold medal winning paralympic cyclist and world-beating paratriathlete and adventurer. Paralysed at age 21, she went on to complete the 599km crossing of Greenland’s ice cap sitting on skis using just her arms and poles. She has climbed El Capitan, The Matterhorn, and Mont Blanc, hand-cycled the Himalayas, and sea-kayaked 1000 miles around Alaska, amongst other things!

In 2009, Sarah became the youngest person and first female ever to row solo across the Indian Ocean. Two years later, she embarked upon a 32,000km expedition rowing, cycling, and kayaking her way around the world. During the three-year circumnavigation, she also became the youngest person and first woman to row across the Pacific from Japan to Alaska.

Dwayne was the first black Briton to reach the magnetic North Pole, which was the culmination of hard training and a longer journey in which this ‘inner-city kid’ had turned his back on violence and found peace in nature. The youngest ever recipient of the Freedom of the City of London, Dwayne now does incredible work with underprivileged youngsters.

Robin is a true maritime legend. He became the first person to single-handedly complete a non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in 1969, and then repeated the feat at age 68 to also become the oldest to have done it! In 1994, Robin and Peter Blake won the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest circumnavigation, taking just 74 days.