Adventurers of the Year 2008

We'd like to offer our congratulations to young adventuring duo, and BLUE® ambassadors, Rob Gauntlett (21) and James Hooper (21) who were last night named as the 2008 Adventurers of the Year at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington DC. The pioneering school friends were awarded the accolade in front of an audience of the world’s most epic explorers and adventurers, representing a global first for two so young and a first of its kind for Great Britain.
This prestigious award, recognises their achievements during their epic 394-day, 26,000-mile madcap human and natural powered dash from the north to the south pole which was completed earlier this year. Rob and James skied, dog-sledded, cycled and sailed their way from northern Greenland to the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean in one continuous run, overcoming life threatening challenges, to complete the first-of-its-kind pole-to-pole journey in an effort to raise climate change awareness and to inspire the human spirit.
We were lucky enough to met Rob and James earlier this year at the House of Commons with The BLUE® Climate & Oceans Project and know they’ll be proudly representing BLUE® in Washington and inspiring others to reduce their impact on the world’s climate and oceans. See the very first of their award coverage below and to find out more about their adventures and how you too can be a champion for the environment go to: www.theblueproject.org