EXPEDITION TEAM

The team is determined to travel to Antarctica for a great challenge – crossing the continent, sea to sea – and to use their journey to increase understanding of and facilitate research in this extraordinary and important environment.

Andrew Regan
Co-leader of the Expedition and architect of the partnership with Imperial College London. Andrew has journeyed to both the North and South Poles and led the record-breaking expedition to the South Pole in 2005.

Andrew Moon
Co-leader of the Expedition, Andrew has carried out a comprehensive study of Polar history and exploration and is an expert on navigation and routes across Antarctica. He is a keen sailor and also led the record-breaking expedition to the South Pole in 2005.

Paul Schiefersten
Paul was in the Royal Marines between for eight years, completing four substantial Arctic Winter deployments to northern Norway.  A competent cross-country skied, he has trained in aspects of arctic operational procedures, day and night navigation and emergency shelter construction. Paul is also trained to a good standard in first aid.

Vern Tejas
One of the world’s most famed mountaineers, Vernon has summited the highest mountain on each continent and has guided well over forty climbs on Denali. He is legendary for Denali’s first solo winter ascent, the first solo ascent of Mt. Vinson and as a lead guide for Col. Norman Vaughn’s ascent of Mt. Vaughn.

Jamie Bligh
Jamie has led much of the procurement and project management for the Expedition. A keen downhill skier for 18 years, He will be the chief communicator with the outside world once the Expedition is underway.

George Pagliero
George is the expedition cameraman and director. An experienced documentary writer, producer and director with broadcast credits for all major UK and US channels, he has twice filmed in the Arctic and travelled all over the globe.

Pete Ash
Pete is one of the mechanics on the Expedition and was instrumental in preparing the vehicles ready for the expedition. He holds the world record for the longest kite buggy journey, crossing the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia in 2004.

Gunnar Egilsson
Gunni was responsible for modifying the science support vehicles at his company’s workshops in Iceland. He was a member of the record-breaking expedition to the South Pole in 2005 and is a highly experienced driver over snow and ice terrain.

Astvaldur Gudmundsson
An active member of Air Ground Rescue of Iceland since 1970, Valdi is a highly experienced snow and ice driver. He has undertaken many expeditions in Iceland, both on skis and in vehicles and in 1999 he completed a journey from the East Coast to the West Coast of Greenland.

Dr Robin North
From the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London, Robin is co-ordinating the science being undertaken on Antarctica and will do his own research into environmental impacts of transport. Robin enjoys kayaking and in 2007 he completed the Mogol Rally, an 8,000 mile unsupported drive from London to Ulaanbaatar

David Pearson
David was selected to participate in the expedition as a sponsored post-graduate student; a role designed to help launch the career of a young researcher.  He currently studies the active control of fluid flows and has his first conference publication. A keen mountaineer, he has climbed mountains across the UK, Europe and Africa