Would you join world's top adventurer on a row to the North Pole?

A team of six intrepid explorers will depart from Resolute Bay, Canada in a rowboat in the summer of 2011, heading for magnetic north. A crew of five will be led by world's most renowned adventurer, Jock Wishart.

This first class adventurer is no stranger to danger -- or to meeting challenges successfully. He's already been to the North Pole -- on foot. He was part of a team that set a record for rowing from London, England to Paris, France. He's also rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, and with his boating background, he is well qualified to lead his planned expedition to the magnetic North Pole in a rowboat. Wishart describes the upcoming adventure on the website he has set up to track the journey,

"... The Old Pulteney Row to the Pole Expedition will see me and 5 crew mates brave some of the harshest conditions on the planet as we row our specially-designed boat through Arctic waters to reach the pole.

The expedition will test us to the limits of our endurance, and if we are successful, will rank alongside the first row across the Atlantic."

Wishart is seeking a crew of five to join him in the rowing challenge. Wishart said the main reason he's making the journey is to highlight the effects of climate change, noting

"... It has only become possible to consider an attempt like this in recent years due to the increase in seasonal ice melt and the much-documented deterioration of the Arctic landscape."

The expedition to the North Pole via a specially adapted rowboat that will also be part sledge, will start in either July or August of 2011, and Wishart expects to cover 450 miles in the trek. It is anticipated the journey will take four to five weeks to complete, and the team of six will live entirely in the rowboat for the duration of the voyage. There is no word on whether the adventurers would row back to Resolute Bay once they reach magnetic North. Wishart is asking for people to apply to join his crew, stating

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful."

Wishart is part of a small number of world adventurers, not of the Amazing Race variety, but of somewhat stronger caliber; such as South Africa's Kingsley Holgate; Canadian Guy Shockey; and UK survivalist, Nick Weston. Those interested in challenging themselves under extreme circumstances for briefer periods might be interested in the Antarctic Ice Marathon 2010 and the annual North Pole Marathon, billed as "the world's coolest race." If you appreciate a warm challenge, there is the six day endurance Marathon des Sables, which winds through the Sahara Desert in Morocco every year, and the Namibia Desert Marathon. Alberta native Sandy McCallum stands out as a woman who specializes in endurance marathons, having set a Guinness Record for completing six desert marathons in 2007. Rowing across the Atlantic is a challenge most recently completed by teen-aged Katie Spotz, who rowed across the Atlantic to draw attention to the need for safe drinking water.