Mark Wood Expedition Leader
"Arctic travel provides a very pure existence that has a strange way of enticing you back for more."
Mark Wood - Expedition Leader

Adventure is my passion. I have always enjoyed training and leading people on polar expeditions and with arctic travel it provides a very pure existence that has a strange way of enticing you back for more.

During the past few years I have travelled extensively through the worst, and best of Arctic conditions.

While I will always be learning, I have refined my skills to be an effective and efficient leader.

Of course, I have been "getting lost" most of my life; from traveling abroad and working operationally for the British Army. I then went on to the Fire and Rescue Service where I worked alongside professional rescue teams and experienced a different side of life.

In my free time I enjoy creating my own escapes including Trekking in the Himalays to weekend mountaineering trips in the English Lake District to cycling across USA in 2006.

I also enjoy leading and instructing at outdoor education centres - dealing with groups from primary schools to corporate teams. Part of the instructing is providing talks aimed at both schools and corporate audiences. For further details see the Educational & Corporate Speaking page.

I am very proud that in creating Snowball Expeditions I have been able to open doors for people to experience something uniquely incredible.

Some of Mark's previous expeditions & Arctic experience include:

2007 Technical support for the Magnetic North Pole Race (1996 pole position).
2007 Arctic guide and operational support for the BBC Top Gear programme - 'Race to the Pole'.
2006 Lead an 8-person team on a successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
2006 Instructor on an Arctic training expedition – Northern Canada.
2005 Instructor on an Arctic training program – Norway.
2005 Instructor on an Arctic training expedition – Northern Canada.
2004 A successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
2003 70-day Training expedition and research for CRUK - Canadian High Arctic.

Relevant Qualifications:

  • Mountain Leader Qualified
  • Rescue & Emergency Medical Care Qualified
  • Physical Training Instructor

Affiliations / Memberships:

  • Mountain Leader Training Association
  • Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society
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