Sir Vivian Fuchs (–1999)

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1. Chris Bonington

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3. Edmund Hillary

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4. Ernest Shackleton

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5. Laurens van der Post

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6. Roland Huntford

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7. John Hunt

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8. H.G. Ponting

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9. Edward R. G. R. Evans

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10. Reginald Pound

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11. Eric Newby

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12. Arthur Bryant

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13. George Seaver

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14. R.F. Scott

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15. Peter Boardman

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16. Roald Amundsen

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17. Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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18. Cecil Woodham-Smith

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19. Sir Francis Chichester

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20. Sara Wheeler

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