In 2001, British explorer Ben Saunders set out to reach the North Pole from Russia. At the time he was just 23 years old and thereby the youngest person to have ever ventured on such an expedition. Two years later, in March of 2003, Ben Saunders became the youngest person to make a roundtrip, unsupported, to the North Pole.

Ben Saunders wears the legendary Polar Surveyour Chronograph, a watch, that in the past two years has been worn on more polar expeditions than any other. "I regard it as an essential item on my expeditions," says Ben Saunders, adding, "there are no batteries to go flat at -30 degrees centigrade!"

He is currently preparing for his latest adventure. In February of 2004, Ben ventured on the Serco Transarctic Expedition, in an attempt to cross the North Pole on a journey from Siberia to Canada. Of course, his Polar Surveyour Chronograph accompanied on that expedition as well, which ended unsuccessfully due to warm weather that caused the ice to break up. For more information on Ben's latest expedition plans and on his career as a motivational speaker, please visit transarctic.org or bensaunders.com.