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Mike Dann
A Yorkshire man by birth Mike spent most of his teenage years in the Yorkshire Dales developing a passion for the mountains and outdoors that has stayed with him. As a university student he spent as much free time as possible travelling throughout the world, including South and Central America, Egypt and the Mediterranean. Rock climbing in Britain led to mountaineering in the French Alps, the Andes, and a major month-long expedition in Alaska with Simon. An Engineer by profession he has been working for GKN in the UK and France over the past 2 years.

Tim Tottenham
Although born in Wales, Tim grew up in his family’s home country of Ireland. He was introduced to an outdoor life from the age of 5 and has revelled in hard environments ever since. After three years at University in London where he was a physical training instructor in the Officer Training Corps with Mike, Tim joined the Royal Marines in 2001. He has served in various parts of the world including Iraq, and the US. He has also spent considerable time doing Mountain and Arctic Warfare training in Norway where he learnt valuable lessons on how to maintain peak performance in the harsh arctic environment. He is now in a staff role in Portsmouth, thus affording the time to devote to Polar Challenge.

Simon Edmundson
Brought up in Cambridge, Simon has always had an active lifestyle climbing, skiing and a participating in a variety of team sports; in particular he is a keen hockey player. He is an extremely experienced ski mountaineer as well as an excellent downhill skier. As a mountaineer Simon is no stranger to the kind of harsh conditions we will experience in the Arctic having climbed in the European Alps, Iceland, Kenya, Alaska and the Himalayas. Simon is a Mechanical Engineer and is currently working for Schlumberger in North Africa.