Charlie Paton (born 1970
) is a former
Royal Marine
The Royal Marines provide the United Kingdom's amphibious warfare, amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, a Company (military unit), company str ...
and personal trainer, who was the first
Scottish man to walk unsupported to the
Geographic North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Mag ...
from Canada. At 11:16pm on 16 May 2000, after 70 days on the ice led by
Alan Chambers, Paton raised the Union Jack at the Pole. The ten-week expedition arrived ten days overdue, suffering weight loss and without food supplies.
References
External links
Charlie Paton's website
The original expedition website
1970 births
Explorers of the Arctic
Living people
Royal Marines ranks
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