Early life

Jinman was born in Wembury, Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

. He attended school at Wembury Primary School and then Plymstock School

Plymstock School

Plymstock School is a state comprehensive secondary school in Plymstock, a popular suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England. It was the first West Devon comprehensive school and is now a Specialist Sports College. it has some 1,600 students, of whom 240 are in the sixth form...

. After four years in the British Armed Forces

British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...

 he left to become an expedition leader.

Baffin Island

Baffin Island

Baffin Island

Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is the largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is and its population is about 11,000...

 is the main hub of Jinman's Arctic expedition work. His first trip to the island raised £180,000 for The Mitchemp Trust. In 2009 he travelled with two graduate students to the area. He has just completed the 2010 Baffin Island Outreach Expedition, taking 8 graduate students.

Antony has also recorded a documentary about the effects of global warming

Effects of global warming

This article is about the effects of global warming and climate change. The effects, or impacts, of climate change may be physical, ecological, social or economic. Evidence of observed climate change includes the instrumental temperature record, rising sea levels, and decreased snow cover in the...

 in the Baffin Island region called 'The Land That Never Melts', about the Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq National Park is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada. It features the many terrains of Arctic wilderness, such as fjords, glaciers, and ice fields...

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North Pole

In 2010, Jinman along with two team mates reached the geographic North Pole. Antony and his team mates, Eric Larsen and Darcy St Laurent skied and snow shoed (and sometimes swam) over 500 miles from Cape Discovery to the North Pole taking 51 days.

2012 International Scott Centenary Expedition

To celebrate the centenary of Captain Scott's attempt to reach the South Pole, Antony Jinman is leading the ISCE 2012, an expedition to the last tent site of Scott in order to hold a memorial service.

Education Through Expeditions

As well as being an explorer, Antony Jinman is a climate change educator. He often visits schools to deliver presentations on his experiences in the Arctic. He has also set up a web company, Education Through Expeditions, which aims to provide climate change education resources for teachers.

External links

• AntonyJinman.com official website