Meet the Team
Helen Turton
Helen has helped instruct the team during training, been with them every step of the way and stepped in to ski the Pole after Barbara (Ghana) was unable to join.
Helen is a 43-year old outdoor teacher, expedition leader and outdoor education advisor from the Peak District of the UK. She has completed 'last degree' expeditions to the North Pole and South Pole in 2005 and 2007, and skied across Greenland in 2006. In 2009 she became a Churchill Fellow, researching leadership lessons that can be learnt from polar explorers, past and present.
Helen was an instructor during the expedition's training in Norway and also plays a vital part in the logistics and organisation of the expedition. She is also the team reserve who will step in if any member is unable to participate due to illness or injury.
"I hope to learn so much in all manner of ways from such a diversity of team members, and in exchange, share some of the lessons that I have learnt from my previous polar expeditions, and the importance of following your dreams in life. More than anything, I hope to bring a reminder of the value of laughter - when the going gets tough, it’s the one essential quality that everybody will need.”
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