"he was deployed to the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean, Shackleton's final resting place, with a team of nine engineers and a single Lynx helicopter. He crossed the Southern Ocean again in 2013, this time aboard a near-exact replica of Shackleton's lifeboat, the legendary James Caird, sailing 830 nautical miles wearing period-correct clothing, surviving on starvation rations, and using a sextant to navigate."
"The re-enactment became the subject of a three-part Discovery Channel documentary titled Shackleton: Death or Glory. After 19 years of service, Coulthard retired from the British Armed Forces and made the leap to cruising-re-training as a polar historian, wilderness medic, and expedition guide for Polar Latitudes, which partners with small-ship cruise specialists such as AdventureSmith Explorations to take travelers to the most remote corners o"
Seb Coulthard developed an early appetite for adventure inspired by his father's travel stories. He served in the Royal Navy and earned a degree in aerospace engineering while learning about polar history. He was deployed to South Georgia with a small engineering team and later reenacted Shackleton's James Caird voyage, sailing 830 nautical miles in period clothing and navigating by sextant. The reenactment became a three-part Discovery Channel documentary. After 19 years of service, he retired from the British Armed Forces and retrained as a polar historian, wilderness medic, and expedition guide for Polar Latitudes.
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