Team 800
With Sponsorship, our team name will have the sponsor's name as a prefix; "(Sponsor) Team 800"
South Pole Race 2011/12
" A great team worthy of support. The very best of luck - you'll need it down there!" Sir Ranulph Fiennes November 2009.BBC2 TV Launch our 1st Documentary!
Watch the first TV programme about Team 800 on BBC2 at 11:00 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)), Wednesday 9th December 2009Oliver Westbury was the first deaf man to reach the North Pole, and See Hear filmed the amazing journey. More than a year on from his original adventure, Oliver is planning to complete a rare double - journeying to the South Pole in 2012, on the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated Scott expedition.
Cameras follow Oliver as he starts the process of recruiting people for his team, soliciting advice from the renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and discovering just how hostile an environment the Antarctic can be compared to the relatively easy-going Arctic.
