Robert Swan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS is the first-ever person to walk to both Poles unassisted. He was born on 28 July 1956 in Durham, England and attended Aysgarth School and then Sedbergh School (1969-1974) before completing a BA degree in Ancient History (1976-1979) at St Chad's College, Durham University. He is currently an advocate for the protection of Antarctica and renewable energy. Swan is also the president of 2041, a company which is dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic and the author with Gil Reavill of Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness. Swan's interest in polar exploration began at school in England where, at the age of eleven, he became inspired by the "Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration" (1895-1917) and the race to the South Pole between Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen. It was Scott's tragic final journey to the South Pole that inspired Swan's commitment to follow in his footsteps to the Pole.