Tim Jarvis, AM is an environmental scientist, adventurer and author with Masters qualifications in environmental science and environmental law, and is a Senior Associate – Sustainability at Arup. His environmental work is mainly focused on sustainable aid provision in developing countries and improving corporate environmental sustainability. Jarvis says he is "committed to finding pragmatic solutions to global environmental sustainability issues" and as a public speaker he talks regularly about motivation and leadership to both individuals and organisations.Born in 1966, he is best known for his Antarctic expedition of 1999, undertaken with fellow Australian explorer Peter Treseder. This took him into the record books as Joint World Record holder for the fastest unsupported journey to the Geographic South Pole and the longest unsupported Antarctica journey in history. He holds joint AustralianUK citizenship and spends his time primarily in Australia, with visits to the UK for business and exploration based activities and speeches.He is the author of 'The Unforgiving Minute' which recounts his expeditions to the North and South Pole as well as the crossing of several Australian deserts. He is also involved in various philanthropic ventures including his former role as councillor of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and is currently Patron of Nature Play (South Australia), a national organisation established to increase the time children spend in unstructured play outdoors and in nature to improve their fitness, problem solving ability, emotional resilience and mental wellbeing. He is also co-writer of a course for the Open University in environmental management. The course was linked with the BBC's Frozen Planet series that aired in 2011.Jarvis was accepted into the Yale World Fellows Program for 2009. The program aims to broaden and strengthen the leadership skills of emerging leaders from across the world as they work on progressing thinking on global issues and challenges.He received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2010 for 'service to conservation and the environment, particularly through advisory roles to developing countries regarding land sustainability and resource management, as an explorer, and to the community.Jarvis was awarded Adventurer of the Year 2013 by the Australian Geographic Society and was voted Person of the Year 2014 by Classic Boat Magazine for his re-enactment of Shackleton's 1916 Journey.
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