Tom Avery is the youngest Briton to walk to both Poles. In 2005 he led the international team which broke the World Record and became the fastest in history to reach the North Pole on foot. He has published a book on his South Pole adventure, Pole Dance (Orion, 2004), and is currently writing an account of his record-breaking Arctic expedition. “Avery is shaping up to join the ranks of such British immortals as Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dame Ellen MacArthur,” The Sunday Times.’