Burton, Charles Robert

Burton, Charles Robert
▪ 2003

      British explorer (b. Dec. 13, 1942, Cape Town, S.Af.—d. July 15, 2002, Framfield, East Sussex, Eng.), was part of the first team to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole along the Greenwich meridian. The Transglobe Expedition, led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes and funded by Charles, prince of Wales, began on Sept. 2, 1979, and ended on Aug. 29, 1982. During the 84,000-km (52,000-mi) expedition, the explorers survived a polar bear attack, the loss of crucial supplies, and three months of being marooned on a drifting ice floe. Upon his return, Burton was awarded the Polar Medal. He later entered the private securities trade.

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