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Moving from Category:Explorers of the Arctic to Category:British explorers of the Arctic Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE and/or WP:ALLINCLUDED using Cat-a-lot

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'''Alan Chambers''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 1968<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006|page=139}}</ref>) is a polar adventurer and motivational speaker from Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

Born to a family of steel workers, Alan left school and home at sixteen and joined the [[Royal Marines]]. Nine months later he completed training and spent the next seventeen years in a front line Commando unit. Alan recalls visiting 50 countries by the time he was 30 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nmplive.co.uk/blog/interviews/alan-chambers|title=NMP Live Meets Alan Chambers {{!}} Exclusive Interview|date=2017-05-16|website=nmplive.co.uk|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

Chambers led the first British team to walk unsupported to the [[Geographic North Pole]] from Canada. After 70 days on the ice, he and [[Charlie Paton]] raised the [[Union Jack]] at the North Pole at 23:16 hours on 16 May 2000.

Chambers was also instrumental in planning and executing the first Winter crossing of [[Iceland]] on skis. Dragging sledges each weighing {{convert|240|lbs|kg}}, Chambers and his team completed the {{convert|500|mi|km}} journey in 47 days.

Aged 32, Chambers was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for Determined Leadership in Constant Adversity.

Chambers is a popular motivational and corporate away day speaker on topics including Leading at the Edge, Maintaining Team High Performance, Delivering the Impossible, Managing Adversity, Leadership and Resilience and Setbacks and Doing More with Less.

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==External links==
* [http://www.alanchambers.co.uk/ Alan Chambers' MBE Official Website]
* [https://www.gordonpoole.com/talent/alan-chambers-mbe/ Alan Chambers MBE - Explorer Speaker Bio and Video]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513233951/http://www.teampolar2000.co.uk/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060513233951/http://www.teampolar2000.co.uk/ Original expedition website]

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