Ranulph Fiennes

**Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes** (born 7 March 1944) is an English explorer.

Fiennes was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College.

Fiennes wrote many books. He wrote 'The sett','Mad,bad and dangerous to know' , 'The secret Hunters' and much more.

Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions. Ranulph did the first unsupported walk across Antarctica. Fiennes holds many records for his 52,000-mile expedition. It ended successfully on August 29, 1982. Fiennes is the only man alive ever to have travelled around the Earth's circumpolar.

He became an English explorer after joining the armed forces.

Fiennes was brought up in South Africa and lived in England for the rest of his life. He climbed Mount Everest successfully in 2009.

## Works

- _A Talent for Trouble_ (1970),
- _Ice Fall in Norway_ (1972),
- _The Headless Valley_ (1973),
- _Where Soldiers fear to tread_ (1976),
- _Hell on Ice_ (1979),
- _To the Ends of the Earth: The Transglobe Expedition, the First Pole-to-pole Circumnavigation of the Globe_ (1983),
- _Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest_ (2005), Hyperion; Reprint edition,
- _Living Dangerously_ (1988), Time Warner Paperbacks,
- _The Feather Men_ (1991) The book upon which the 2011 film _Killer Elite_ is based.
- _Atlantis of the Sands_ (1992), Bloomsbury,
- _The Sett_ (1997), Mandarin,
- _Discovery Road_ (1998), TravellersEye Ltd, , (with T. Garratt and A. Brown)
- _Fit for Life_ (1999), Little, Brown & Co,
- _Home of the Blizzard: A True Story of Antarctic Survival_, Birlinn Ltd, , (by Sir Douglas Mawson, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Just for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both Sides_ (2000), Free to Decide Publishing, , (by Cathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Across the Frozen Himalaya: The Epic Winter Ski Traverse from Karakoram to Lipu Lekh_ (2000), Indus Publishing Company, , (by Harish Kohli, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English_, (2000) Museum Victoria Publishing, , (by Bernadette Hince, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Beyond the Limits_ (2000), Little, Brown & Co,
- _The Secret Hunters_ (2002), Time Warner Paperbacks,
- _Captain Scott_ (2003), Hodder & Stoughton,
- _Above the World: Stunning Satellite Images From Above Earth_ (2005), Cassell Illustrated, a division of the Octopus Publishing Group,  (foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Moods of Future Joys_ (2007), Adlibbed Ltd,  (by Alastair Humphreys, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Extreme Running_ (2007) Pavilion Books, , (by Dave Horsley and Kym McConnell, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Travels with My Heart: The Essential Guide for Travellers with Heart Conditions_ (2007) Matador, , (by Robin Liston, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Face to Face: Polar Portraits_ (2008), The Scott Polar Research Institute with Polarworld,  (with Huw Lewis-Jones, Hugh Brody and Martin Hartley (photographer))
- _8 More Tales from the Travellers: A Further Collection of Tales by Members of the Travellers Club_, M. Tomkinson Publishing,  (with Sir Chris Bonington, Sandy Gall and others)
- _Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know_ (2008), Hodder & Stoughton,
- _Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family_ (2010), Hodder & Stoughton,
- _Running Beyond Limits: The Adventures of an Ultra Marathon Runner_ (2011), Mountain Media, , (by Andrew Murray, introduction by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Killer Elite_ (2011), Hodder & Stoughton Ltd,  (previously published as "The Feather Men")
- _My Heroes: Extraordinary Courage, Exceptional People_ (2011), Hodder & Stoughton Ltd,
- _The Last Expedition_ (2012), Vintage Classics  (by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, new edition introduction by Ranulph Fiennes)
- _Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth_ (2013) Simon & Schuster
- _Agincourt: The Fight for France_ (2015) Pegasus
- _Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge_ (2016) Hodder & Stoughton