Jason De Carteret, born on the British island of
Guernsey
Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency.
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, is a
polar explorer
This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions.
Polar explorers
* Jameson Adams
* Stian Aker
* Valerian Albanov
* Roald Amundsen
* Salomon August Andrée
* Piotr F ...
. He took part in the
Ice Challenger Expedition and holds (or has held) skiing and vehicle world records for polar exploration. He has worked as a commercial helicopter pilot.
Along with two companions in 2011 he drove a modified
Toyota Tacoma
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overland from
Patriot Hills to the South Pole, a distance of over in a world record time of less than forty hours – over twenty-nine hours quicker than the record time he had set previously. He has also travelled to both Poles by skiing.
Personal life
On 11 November 2015 De Carteret married Dr
Eva Carneiro
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.
See also
*
Todd Carmichael
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Carmichael is the CEO and co-founder for Philadelphia-based La Colombe. He is the first American to complete ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Living people
Explorers of Antarctica
Jason
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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