Alan Wilkingson Chambers (MBE) is a polar adventurer and motivational speaker.

Alan Wilkingson Chambers (MBE) is a polar adventurer and motivational speaker.

Alan Chambers was the leader of the first successful British team to walk unsupported from Canada to the Geographic North Pole. After immense challenges - including the evacuation of two team members - and extreme frostbite and hunger, Alan and teammate, Charlie Paton, raised the Union Jack on top of the world at 23:16 hours on 16th May 2000. The walk on the ice lasted a gruelling 70 days.

He participated in the planning and execution of that first winter crossing of Iceland on skis from the west coast to the east. Previously attempted six times by various nationalities, Iceland was deemed un-crossable. Dragging sledges each weighing 240 pounds, the four-man team skied in arctic blizzard conditions for 47 days over 500 miles.

Alan was invited by Sir Clive Woodward to speak to the England Rugby Football Senior Squad in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2003, concentrating on project focus and maintaining direction in adversity.

During 16 years service with the Royal Marines, Alan worked around the globe in the most extreme climates including the arctic, desert, jungle and remote mountains. He is formally qualified as a diver, parachutist, paramedic and ski survival instructor, as well as advising other expeditions on survival in the high arctic.

Alan has participated in various explorations and challenges throughout 2008 and 2009.

Alan's presentations and talks are always met with praise. Rooney Anand, CEO of Greene King Brewing Company says, "I think it was one of the best presentations I have ever seen and I know the team feel the same way." Similarly, Rugby star Martin Johnson (OBE) said of Alan, "His amazing story, highlighting the remarkable focus and leadership he had around the North Pole trip, truly inspired the team in their preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2003".

Alan has delivered team building and management lectures to Imperial Tobacco, Microsoft, Opodo.com, BP, UBS, Lloyds Pharmaceutical, WH Smiths, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, Terra Firma, Red Bull Ltd., Yahoo Europe, GM Motors, Flight Centre, London Business School, Dartmouth USA, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and Kings College London amongst others.