http://www.speaking.com/speakers/pen-hadow.php Global Explorer, Motivational Speaker & Environment Consultant Hero of the Environment Award - TIME Magazine 2009 European Sponsorship Award Finalist 2010 World Technology Environment Award Winner 2010 Pen Hadow inspires audiences with his extraordinary story of achievement in one of the most challenging environments on Earth. Pen brings alive his personal mission -- the issues and challenges, the setbacks and risks, the key lessons learned the hardest of ways -- to become the first person to trek solo, without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the North Geographic Pole: undisputedly the toughest route. Drawing on his high profile career in pioneering polar adventures and scientific exploration, Pen is in demand world-wide for: Corporate motivational talks Conference keynote speeches Award ceremony presentations Themed masterclasses Board-room briefings After dinner talks. Speaking Style Pen's talks are delivered with humour, passion and thought-provoking insights. Audiences quickly apprecaite Pen's approach is all about engaging with their situation -- their fears, challenges and dreams. It is not about recounting what Pen has done but offering something of real value - relevant insights made memorable in an entertaining way and delivered with impact. With the option of supporting dramatic images and film footage, Pen's ideas resonate far beyond the event. Expeditions, Entrepreneurial Spirit & the Environment Pen's exploration and entrepreneurial interests combined in 1995 to found a specialist polar guide company: The Polar Travel Company which has enabled many others to fulfil their dreams in the Arctic and Antarctic. Pen devised and organised the first all-women's expedition to the North Geographic Pole in 1997. Twenty women, with no previous polar experience were led by professional women guides to walk into the Guinness Book of Records. In so doing, Pen changed the preception of what was possible in the Polar regions. In 2009, Pen founded Geo Mission, a pioneering enviromental sponsorship organization which delivered the multi-award winning series of Catlin Arctic Surveys (2009-11) investigating the rates, causes and global impacts of changes to Arctic sea ice. Geo Mission now offers an environmental consulting service alongside developing new Surveys in the rain forest, mountain and tundra environments. Pen continues to advise FTSE 250 businesses on upgrading and communicating their environmental credentials and the importance of environmental responsibility. Pen's best-selling autobiography Solo (2004) is a fascinating insight into the preparation and build-up to his unrelentingly tough and hazardous two-month journey to the North Pole. This is a personal story of courage and ambition to achieve the impossible. On reaching the North Pole, Pen became a national figure through the global media coverage of his iconic achievement. One of the three front cover stories by The Times' coverage of Pen's endeavor was voted one of the Top 100 Newspaper Front Pages of the 20th century (British Library). Pen's love of exploration and endevour is infectious and he actively encourages others to push back their limits. Pen has inspired audiences across all sectors worldwide delivering talks in a very entertaining style but with powerful memorable messages. Pen's Early Years Pen's early childhood in Scotland was heavily influenced by Enid Wigley who had previously been nanny to Scott of the Antarctic's son, Peter. Pen's somewhat bizarre 'polar conditioning program as a young child is a source of many funny anecdotes that feature in Pen's talks (where appropriate). Pen grew up with stories of Scott and the other 'Antarctic Boys' as he came to know them. It is perhaps not surprising that pushing the boundaries of what was possible became a recurring theme for the young Pen Hadow. For example, aged just 15 and inspired by Ethiopian long-distance runner Abebe Bikila, Pen devised his own training regime to attempt a traditional school 20 mile run. (This was long before marathons had become a popular participation sport.) He completed the route in 3 hours and only discovered the next day that the route hadn't been done since 1927, fifty years earlier. It is now a major feature of Harrow School's sporting calendar. Following University College London, Pen became the youngest-ever executive at Mark McCormack's Sports Organization, the International Management Group (IMG) promoting international sports stars. His own ambitions and vision of what could be achieved continued to evolve and a new business and a series of extraordinary Polar expeditions were to follow. "If you're never prepared to risk failing, you'll never know what you were truly capable of achieving." - Pen Hadow http://www.speaking.com/speakers/pen-hadow.php

• published: 26 Jan 2014
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