'It is as well the likes of Alex Hibbert stride amongst us with eyes fixed on the furthest horizons, because without them we are a spent force' - Pen Hadow, polar explorer
Biography
Alex is a polar expedition leader and photographer. Only 24 years old, he has spent a total of over twenty-two weeks unsupported in the Arctic.
Polar
Alex grew up in Hampshire, was educated in Dorset and read Biology at the University of Oxford. In 2002, aged 15, Alex was one of the youngest people to complete the 125-mile Devizes to Westminster kayak ultra-marathon. 2005 brought the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Triathlon and in 2006 Alex won his rowing ‘blade’ at University of Oxford and completed the Flora London Marathon in 3hrs 19 mins. He also reached the summit of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. In 2007 Alex was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the home of British exploration and led a Greenland climbing and sledge-hauling expedition.
His highlight to date was leading the 2008 record-breaking Tiso Trans Greenland which, at 1374 miles, is the longest fully unsupported polar expedition in history. From 2008 Alex spent a period as a Royal Marines Officer and his first book, The Long Haul, was released in March 2010. He was elected a member of the prestigious Explorers Club shortly after. In the spring of 2010 Alex guided an international team 350 miles across the Greenland icecap.
Photographer
Highly adaptable, Alex first specialised in wildlife photography and has since broadened his expertise to cover expeditions, lifestyle and commercial assignments.
Alex signed to his first agent aged only 18 and has grown his network ever since. In 2003, 2004 and 2010, he was a finalist in the international BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. In 2005 Alex spent two months living with and photographing Grey Wolves in the USA.
To view Alex's portfolio and book him for your assignment, click here.
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Meet the team
Alexandra Foley - Public Relations Manager
Alex has over fifteen years experience in international public relations. She spent nine years in New York working for two top agencies - Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon and Robert Marston & Associates.
In addition to her corporate communications work in New York, Alex Foley undertook an eight-month PR campaign for the 1996 Titanic Expedition. As the expedition's press officer she logged over 11,000 media inquiries and featured in scores of broadcasts around the world. During the expedition Foley worked closely with the Discovery Channel team who were filming the expedition.
Alexandra Foley is a dual British-American citizen, Honorary Secretary of the British Chapter of the Explorers Club, a member of the Scientific Exploration Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Tracey Rich - Photography and Speaking Rep
Trained as a zoologist specialising in behavioural ecology of mammals, Tracey has spent many years immersed in the natural world; travelling widely to the four corners of the Earth. Her skill-base is wide, including public communications, writing, photography and online media.
