I am extremely happy to announce PricewaterhouseCoopers as the exclusive naming rights sponsor for my up and coming North Pole Expedition in March/April 2008

In mid-March I will head North again, with friend Eric Philips, to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergan. Together with a couple of Czech adventurers we will ski 180km from Longyearbyn to Ny Alusend. The expedition is a celebration of the 80th anniversary of General Umberto Nobile’s embattled Italia airship expedition which began from Ny Alusend. We will hopefully climb a few peaks along the way.

We will arrive back in Longyearbyn where we will be joined by PwC Partner Ben Wheaton who is also an Al Gore climate change campaign representative and a member of the PwC Climate Change Services team. Together the three of us will head onto the frozen Arctic ocean and begin our trek to the North Pole. Eric and Ben will be met at the Pole and transported off the ice. I will then ski back to base camp completing the return journey solo and unassisted.

I want to thank PricewaterhouseCoopers for their ongoing support and belief in young Australian’s like myself. It’s great to be associated with a firm that has such great vision and commitment and shares my passion of the North Pole and its climate change issues. I’m really looking forward to getting back out on the ice with both Ben and Eric. I will keep everyone posted on how things are progressing in the lead up to March

I’m happy to announce that Mountain Designs have agreed to continue their on going sponsorship for up and coming expeditions.  Mountain Designs have supported me since my first expedition 4 years ago and I have worn and used their gear in both Antarctica and at the North Pole and found it incredibly reliable for the Polar regions.

I want to thank everyone at Mountain Designs for all their help and support.

A young climber named Rick White had a dream and in 1975 he launched a company named Mountain Designs.

His goal was to provide quality goods for adventurers like himself and started distributing out of a small house in Brisbane. Mountain Designs was created in response to Australians increasing interest in the international mountaineering and rock climbing scene. It is this “Heritage born of the Mountains” philosophy which has been a consistent image for over 30 years.

Our unique heritage is the soul of Mountain Designs and our label the spirit. A product bearing a Mountain Designs label will continue to represent quality and function suitable for the worlds adventure playground – the outdoors!

I am happy to announce today that Dirty Dog Sunglasses have agreed to supply me with sunglasses and goggles for my future expeditions. I wore Dirty Dog Sunglasses on my previous North Pole expedition and found them incredibly reliable and extremely well suited for for the Polar regions.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Adam Sieders and Dirty Dog for their support.

Dirty Dog sunglasses was founded in 1980 by a collective of leading scientists and designers. From our dedication to innovation a sunglass unsurpassed in style and performance with the discovery of TR90 – A light weight and virtually unbreakable compound. The lenses were also decentralised for optimum visual performance. Dirty dog is in demand from successful sports people as a sunglass that can be relied on to perform in extreme conditions. When an athlete is pushing their body to the limit, they can be confident their eyewear is not going to fail them. For that we can thank the Dirty Dog team, who work to produce the best for those who want to perform at their best.