He took part in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.
Oliver Shepard took part in the Antarctic leg of the expedition.
Known as the Transglobe Expedition, Prince Charles was its patron with Richard Burton narrating and hosting the film.
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Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes carried a Redhawk on the 14 month long Fiennes-Burton Transglobal Expedition and used it to ward off a polar bear.
He and Sir Ranulph Fiennes spent some four years organizing the Transglobe Expedition and raising money.
On the Transglobe Expedition he travelled with Fiennes and Charlie Burton, and acted as doctor, dentist, scientist and mechanic.