Alex R. Hibbert

Alex Hibbert is a British polar expedition leader, public speaker, author, and photographer. He was born on April 19, 1986, in Southsea, England. Hibbert is the second son of Commodore Richard Hibbert CBE RN, an officer in the Royal Navy. He attended Canford School and later studied biological sciences at St Hugh's College, Oxford. During his time at Oxford, Hibbert was actively involved in the Oxford University Exploration Club, The Oxford Union, and college boat clubs. He graduated in 2007. In 2008, he and his teammate George Bullard crossed the Greenland icecap twice, setting a record for the longest unsupported journey in any polar region.