Pom Oliver (full name Rosamund Cherry Jane Oliver) is a British polar explorer and former film producer,[1] born in May 1952.
When she was 18 years old she began travelling, eventually settling in Australia for twelve years.[1] She became a film producer in 1977 and worked on the films Cathy's Child (1979) and Hoodwink (1981), before returning to Britain where she worked on Biggles (1986).[2][3]
In 1997 she was part of the relay team which reached the North Pole, and in 1999-2000 part of the M&G Polar Team, making her one of the five who became the first British all-women's team to ski to the South Pole.[1][4]
Following her polar expedition she set up the outdoor education Woodland Skills in Shadow Woods near Billingshurst in West Sussex.[5]
Oliver walked the Monarch's Way in England in 2020.[6] She then travelled across the Aralkum Desert in 2021 and the Sinai Peninsula in 2023 with Rosie Stancer, Arabella Dorman and Lee Watts.[7]
References
- ^ a b c International Polar Foundation: Oliver, Pom Re-linked 2015-06-12
- ^ Screen Australia website, Pom Oliver
- ^ Biggles Netherlands website, Biggles on the White Screen
- ^ "North Pole Team 2002". Northpolewomen.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ Woodland Skills - about us Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine Re-linked 2015-06-12
- ^ British Inspiration Trust website, British Explorer and Polar Adventurer, Rosie Stancer FRGS, supports the BRIT Ambassador family
- ^ D D Hammocks website, Exploring the Sinai with Rosie Stancer, article dated June 28, 2023