The Global Row team is celebrating following the confirmation this morning that The Transglobe Trust,  Sir Ranulph Fiennes' original organisation of which HRH Prince Charles is a Patron has come on board with its support and an expedition grant.

The 100,000 mile Transglobe route took the expedition team across the Sahara via Tombouctou, through the swamps and jungles of Mali and the Ivory Coast, over huge unexplored crevasse fields in Antarctica, through the inhospitable North West Passage, graveyard of so many famous venturers, and into the unpredictable hazards of the Arctic Ocean.

Ranking alongside the journeys of Amundsen, Scott and Peary the Transglobe endeavour, a chance dream in 1972, became, on its completion ten years later, a truly historic voyage.

Many thanks to all of the trustees who voted to support us unanimously, in particular to Anton Bowring who we have been corresponding with over the last few months and Ed Stafford who was sent to vet us on behalf of the Trust.