Ranulph Fiennes

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Ranulph Fiennes

Ranulph Fiennes en 2014.

Titre de noblesse
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Biographie
Naissance	7 mars 1944 (80 ans) Windsor
Nationalité	britannique
Formation	Collège d'Eton Sandroyd School (en) Mons Officer Cadet School (en)
Activités	Explorateur, biographe, athlète, écrivain, marathonien
Père	Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (d)
Mère	Audrey Joan Newson (d)
Conjoints	Ginny Fiennes (de 1970 à 2004) Louise Millington (d) (depuis 2005)
Enfant	Elizabeth Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (d)

Autres informations
Membre de	Travellers Club (en)
Arme	British Army
Grade militaire	Lieutenant (en)
Sport	Athlétisme
Distinctions	Liste détaillée Founder’s Medal (1984) Officier de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique (1993) Médaille polaire Médaille Livingstone

Titre honorifique
Sir

Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, plus habituellement connu comme Ranulph « Ran » Fiennes, né le 7 mars 1944 en Angleterre, est un explorateur polaire et écrivain britannique.

Biographie

Après sa naissance, Ranulph Fiennes est élevé par sa mère en Afrique du Sud, son père, officier des Royal Scots Greys étant mort à la bataille du mont Cassin. Ses origines familiales remonteraient à un certain Eustache (de) Fiennes, proche de Guillaume le Conquérant et commandant des armées normandes à la bataille d'Hastings qui aurait personnellement coupé la tête de Harold II d'Angleterre d'après la Tapisserie de Bayeux^[1].

Il s'engage dans l'armée britannique et rejoint le corps du Special Air Service comme spécialiste des explosifs. Peu motivé par la carrière militaire, il quitte l'armée à la fin de son contrat après avoir servi deux ans à Oman durant la guerre du Dhofar.

Dans les années 1960, Fiennes se tourne vers l'exploration et participe à diverses expéditions (Nil Blanc, Everest, Chutes Victoria). Il est détenteur de plusieurs records d'endurance dont celui d'avoir été le premier homme à se rendre aux pôles Nord et Sud par la terre (expédition Transglobe) et le premier homme à traverser l'Antarctique entièrement à pied. Durant une expédition de plusieurs mois en Arctique, après avoir été gravement gelé à une main, il se coupe lui-même le bout des doigts nécrosés^[1]. En 2009, le Livre Guinness des records, le qualifie de « plus grand explorateur vivant^[2] ».

Il est l'époux de Ginny Fiennes et il a pour cousins les acteurs Ralph Fiennes et Joseph Fiennes, la réalisatrice Martha Fiennes, le compositeur Magnus Fiennes et la documentariste Sophie Fiennes.

Publications

Where Soldiers Fear to Tread (1975), guerre du Dhofar.
To The Ends of the Earth, expédition Transglobe.
Living Dangerously (1987), autobiographie.
The Feathermen (1991), adapté au cinéma par Gary McKendry sous le titre Killer Elite.
Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Ubar (1992)
Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent (1993)
The Sett (1996), fiction
Beyond the Limits (2000)
Captain Scott (2003), biographie de Robert Falcon Scott
The Secret Hunters (2001)
Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know, autobiographie.

Notes et références

↑ ^{a et b} (en) 'I am not a madman', guardian.co.uk
↑ (en) Sir Ranulph Fiennes Adventurer - Emirates Business 24/7

Liens externes

Ressource relative à la musique :
- MusicBrainz
Ressource relative à l'audiovisuel :
- IMDb
Notice dans un dictionnaire ou une encyclopédie généraliste :
- Britannica
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