"Sir, did you hear about Ben Saunders!"

During the last term, we spent some time following Ben Saunders on his attempt to cross Antarctica solo, and one of the first things that many students said to me on the first day back was whether I'd heard about his decision to stop at the South Pole, which I had... A lot of interest generated.
Check Ben's website for more. 
We're hoping to get down to the RGS to hear his Monday night lecture at the RGS-IBG later in the year.
He's also been on Desert Island Discs

Picture from Ben's Instagram page.