26th May
Turning Hot Ideas into Cold, Hard Reality

The first Welsh woman to climb Everest and the youngest person to race to the north magnetic pole TORI JAMES will help you to over-come your inertia and inspire you to start your own adventures! Not only will you gain an insight into Tori’s life in extreme environments but Tori will also talk about how she turned her dreams into reality and share her passion for achieving goals against the odds.

 

Speaker Biographies

TORI JAMES began work with the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES Expeditions), based at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in London. It was during her time there that she became part of The Pink Lady PoleCats, the first ever all-female team to complete The Polar Challenge, a grueling 360 mile race to the Magnetic North Pole. The team finished in 6th position out of 16 teams, having raced through polar bear territory in temperatures as low as -40°C.

Two years later, on 24th May 2007, Tori climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. In doing so, she became the youngest British female (at 25) and the first ever Welsh woman to reach the summit.

Most recently Tori took to two wheels and cycled the length of New Zealand, a total of 2400km from north to south.

Tori currently works for the Sport Wales which aims to get every young person hooked on sport for life.

www.torijames.com
www.girlsbikenewzealand.com

CLIVE WOODMAN. has led over 22 major expeditions to the Andes, Patagonia, East Africa, North Africa, Alaska and Arctic Scandinavia, including an unsupported 600km ski crossing of the Greenland Icecap in April 2000. His sailing exploits include sailing 9,000 miles deep into the Arctic in a 19' open traditional gaff rigged boat. Recent expeditions include a 1,900km, ski traverse of Norway, a sailing/climbing expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula in summer 2006, and a sailing expedition to Svalbard and 80N in 2009. Clive is a retired Royal Navy officer, having served at sea and in the desert

MICHAEL C TARVER FRGS, Author and Publisher of the book, SS Terra Nova (1884-1943) Whaler, Sealer and Polar Exploration ship. Mike is a keep offshore yachtsman. He is a member of various polar institutions including the Cardiff based Captain Scott Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

ROWAN HUNTLEY has been a professional artist for 20 years and has specialised in snow rock and ice subjects for 15. Her icy quest has taken her from Snowdonia via the glaciers of Norway and the Alps, to Greenland and ultimately Antarctica in early 2010. Rowan’s journey was an Artists’ Residency awarded by the Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute in association with the Royal Navy.

www.rowanhuntley.co.uk

JIM MAYER has produced the Lunchtime Adventures series. He is a polar explorer, works as a guide in the Arctic and Antarctic and is an accomplished public speaker. Recent adventures include taking part in the worlds northern most ski race, a full marathon distance, high in the arctic and surrounded by polar bears!

Lunchtime Adventures are supported by The Polar People, handmade holidays in the Arctic and Antarctic and produced by Jim Mayer.

Antarctic Oasis Image
 
2nd June
Antarctic Oasis

CLIVE WOODMAN takes you down south as he recounts tales of a combined sailing & mountaineering expedition to the infamously wild and windy sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. His four man team took 14 tents with them, and brought home just a few rags…

 
SS Terra Nova9th June
SS Terra Nova

Join author MIKE TARVER for An Insight Into The SS Terra Nova, Captain Scott’s leaky ship that left Cardiff almost 100 years ago to the day en route to Antarctica. Using first hand accounts, Mike will take us back the Heroic Age of exploration as he tells the story of the origins, builders and sailors of 19th century wooden expedition ships.

 
Scott and the Antartist
 
16th June
Scott and the "Antartist"

ROWAN HUNTLEY tells of how her passion for all things snowy and glacial resulted in the adventure of a lifetime on HMS Scott in Antarctica. “I was nicknamed 'antartist' whilst onboard - I loved it!” Rowan’s pictures will be exhibited this week in the Senedd and on-board HMS Scott, which will be berthed in Roath Basin, Cardiff.